Label |
Abbreviation |
Enhancements Descritipns: |
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 high level clouds in tropical cyclones |
Rainbow |
RB |
Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement |