Atmospheric Profiles Data Products
The Atmospheric Profiles data products are all based on one algorithm.
Legacy Vertical Moisture Profile
Draws upon Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) input and adds the moisture band information from ABI to provide an improved moisture profile following the inherent vertical resolution (or layer averaging) of the input NWP data.
Legacy Vertical Temperature Profile
Draws upon Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) input and adds the temperature band information from ABI to provide an improved temperature profile following the inherent vertical resolution (or layer averaging) of the input NWP data.
Derived Stability Indices
Five indices that estimate the potential atmospheric convection which is important for forecasting storms. These indices are:
Total Precipitable Water
![Total Precipitable Water from proxy data](images/Profile_TPW_ATDBp57Fig17_edited-only-mainTPW.jpg)
Total Precipitable Water from proxy data
The amount of atmospheric water vapor contained in a vertical column from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. It may be subdivided by height when more than column measurements are made.