Fire and Ice
Hunter Coleman (via CIRA IST)
Temperature | RGB values for first number | RGB values for second number | Fill or Interpolate | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red | Green | Blue | Red | Green | Blue | ||
54.5 to 43.5 | 247 | 0 | 16 | 243 | 220 | 0 | I |
43 to -20 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I |
-20.5 to -39 | 11 | 113 | 115 | 15 | 255 | 255 | I |
-40 to -109 | 243 | 0 | 247 | 55 | 0 | 185 | I |
Designed for IR Satellite images. The warm end of the curve (red to yellow) is designed for fire detection. The remainder of the curve highlights the cloud tops colder than -20, used for water/ice cloud discrimination.
Screenshot image of this color enhancement below.