RGB Composite Recipes for Meteorological Imagers

Welcome! This site documents community-maintained RGB composite recipes for meteorological satellite imagers.

Definitions & Reference

Page	Description
Definitions & Naming Conventions	RGB composites, recipes, gamma correction, and naming conventions

Recipe	Applications
Airmass RGB	24-hour monitoring of atmospheric dynamics
24-hour Microphysics Cloud RGB	24-hour cloud analysis, low cloud detection
Night Microphysics RGB ✨	Fog and low cloud detection (nighttime)
Day Cloud Phase RGB ✨	Cloud phase detection, cloud top microphysics
Day Microphysics RGB	Cloud analyses, particle size estimation
Day Cloud Type RGB ✨	Cloud type identification, cirrus detection

Recipe	Applications
Day Severe Storms RGB ✨	Convection monitoring, severe weather
Overshooting Tops RGB	24-hour monitoring of overshooting tops
24-hour Microphysics Dust RGB ✨	Dust detection, moisture boundaries (day & night)
Day Fire RGB	Detection and monitoring of active fires
Day Snowmelt RGB	Snow/ice surface characterization

Recipe	Applications
Day Moisture RGB	Low-level moisture field detection
24h Fog Dynamics RGB	Fog formation and dissipation monitoring
Day Blowing Snow RGB	Detection of blowing snow events
Day Sea Spray RGB	Sea spray and aerosol detection over water

Visualisation	Applications
Other Visualisations	GeoColour and other non-RGB products

Recipe	Applications
Day Land Cloud RGB (Legacy)	Natural colour cloud monitoring
Day HRV Clouds RGB (Legacy)	High-resolution cloud monitoring

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