Label | Abbreviation | Enhancement Descriptions: |
Visible | VIS | Unenhanced Visible imagery that transitions to IR2 overnight |
Shortwave (IR2) | IR2 | Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible" |
Fire (IR2) | IR2F | IR Channel 2 with the standard fire enhancement |
Fire Hot |
IR2H | IR Channel 2 with enhancemnet for the hot summer season |
Fire Winter |
IR2W | IR Channel 2 with enhancement for the cool winter season |
Water Vapor | WV | IR Channel 3 |
RGB | RGB | Combination of Visible and IR using a three channel technique to form a Red/Green/Blue false color image. |
None | IR4 | Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery |
AVN | AVN | Aviation color enhancement |
Dvorak | BD | Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique |
Funktop | FT | Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk. Highlights intense areas of precipitation |
JSL | JSL | JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch. Used to bring out low level and hight level clouds in tropical cyclones |
Rainbow | RB | Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement |
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