Benefits and limitations
Benefits
- This RGB type provides complex and general cloud analysis. It provides information on cloud optical thickness, cloud top temperature and microphysics (phase and effective particle size).
- Good color contrast between
- ice and water clouds
- cold ice clouds and snow
- snow and water clouds
- land and sea
- land and clouds
- sea and clouds
- thin and thick ice clouds
Limitations
- The color contrast between water clouds with small and large particles is weak
- These images are less convenient for the public, because
- the colors are far from natural colors and
- the interpretation of the images requires practice.