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- Hurricane Intensity Estimation
- Wind Demo Products
  - GOES East Winds
  - Himawari-8 Winds
- Aerosols
- Atmospheric Profiles
  - Moisture, Temperature, Stability and Precipitation
- Radiation Budget
  - Shortwave Radiation Budget

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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:

Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) data illustration

Lifted Index expressed in units of degrees Celsius

Convective Available Potential Energy expressed in units of Joules/kg

Total Totals Index

Showalter Index

K index

Total Precipitable Water

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.