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Alpha Imagery



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AVN
AVN
AVN
AVN
AVN
AVN
AVN
AVN
AVN
BD
BD
BD
BD
BD
BD
BD
BD
BD
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
FT
IR2
IR2
IR2
IR2
IR2
IR2
IR2
IR2
IR2
IR4
IR4
IR4
IR4
IR4
IR4
IR4
IR4
IR4
JSL
JSL
JSL
JSL
JSL
JSL
JSL
JSL
JSL
RB
RB
RB
RB
RB
RB
RB
RB
RB
RGB
RGB
RGB
RGB
RGB
RGB
RGB
RGB
RGB
VIS
VIS
VIS
VIS
VIS
VIS
VIS
VIS
VIS
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV
WV

Abbreviation Key

Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP)

October 23 14:21 UTC
October 22 15:27 UTC

Alpha Operational Significant Event Imagery

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Enhancement Descriptions:

AVN
Aviation color enhancement
BD
Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique
FT
Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk for assistance with Precipitation analysis
IR2
Channel 2 Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible"
IR4
Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery
JSL
JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch for use with tropical classifications
RB
Rainbow enhancement curve - pretty color enhancement
RGB
Combination of Visible and IR using a three channel technique to make features stand out
VIS
Unenhanced Visible imagery that changes to IR2 overnight.
WV
Water Vapor, IR Channel 3 with color enhancement

 

 

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