US Satellite Imagery From NOAA
Color enhanced imagery is a method meteorologists use to aid them with satellite interpretation. The colors enable a meteorologist to easily and quickly see features which are of special interest to them. Usually they look for high clouds or areas with a large amount of water vapor.
In an infrared (IR) image cold clouds are high clouds, so the colors typically highlight the colder regions. In a water vapor image, white areas indicate moisture and dark areas indicate little or no moisture, so the colors typically highlight areas with large amounts of moisture.
| U.S. Image 1 |
Preferred by ASO - Indicates thinnest of clouds and moisture. |
| U.S. Image 2 |
Shows worst conditions in high contrast colors. |
| U.S. Image 3 |
Variation |
| U.S. Image 4 |
Variation |
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