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These products are derived from RGB (red/green/blue) images, a satellite processing technique that uses a combination of satellite sensor bands (also called channels) and applies a red/green/blue (RGB) filter to each of them. The result is a false-color image, i.e. an image that does not correspond to what the human eye would see, but offers high contrast between different cloud types and surface features. The on-board sensor of a weather satellite obtains two basic types of information: visible light data (reflected light) reflecting off clouds and different surface types, also known as "reflectance", and infrared data (emitted radiation) which are short-wave and long-wave radiation emitted by clouds and surface features. RGBs are specially designed to combine this type of satellite data, resulting in an information-rich final product. Other products are based on the enhancement of channel data for a single wavelength, also aimed at highlighting meteorological features of the observed surface or clouds, but in a simpler way since only a single wavelength is involved. This older approach is still useful today, as its simplicity makes image interpretation easier in some cases.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
MSC Datamart AMQP	Unknown		amqps://dd.meteo.gc.ca/*.WXO-DD.satellite.goes.east.#
MSC Datamart AMQP	Unknown		amqps://dd.weather.gc.ca/*.WXO-DD.satellite.goes.east.#
MSC Datamart	Unknown		https://dd.meteo.gc.ca/today/satellite/goes/east/
MSC Datamart	Unknown		https://dd.weather.gc.ca/today/satellite/goes/east/
MSC Open Data documentation	HTML		https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-data/obs_satellite/readme_satellite-datamart_en/
MSC Open Data documentation	HTML		https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-data/obs_satellite/readme_satellite-datamart_fr/
GOES-East Natural Color [1 km]	WMS		https://geo.meteo.gc.ca/geomet?lang=fr&service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&layers=GOES-East_1km_NaturalColor
GOES-East Natural Color [1 km]	WMS		https://geo.weather.gc.ca/geomet?lang=en&service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&layers=GOES-East_1km_NaturalColor

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