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| Label | File | Abbreviation | Enhancement Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visible | VIS | Unenhanced Visible imagery that transitions to IR2 overnight | |
| Shortwave (IR2) | TXT | IR2 | Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible" |
| Fire (IR2) | TXT | IR2F | IR Channel 2 with the standard fire enhancement to show hot spot activity |
| IR2T | TXT | Shortwave (IR2) | Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Alternate enhancement used with Tropical imagery floaters. |
| IR4 | Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery | ||
| Fire Hot | TXT | IR2H | IR Channel 2 with enhancemnet for the hot summer season |
| Fire Winter | TXT | IR2W | IR Channel 2 with enhancement for the cool winter season |
| Water Vapor | TXT | 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. | |
| AVN | TXT | AVN | Aviation color enhancement |
| Dvorak | TXT | BD | Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique |
| Funktop | TXT | FT | Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk. Highlights intense areas of precipitation |
| JSL | TXT | JSL | JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch. Used to bring out low level and high level clouds in tropical cyclones |
| Rainbow | TXT | RB | Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement |
| RBTOP | TXT | Rainbow | New variation on the Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement |
| WVB | TXT | Water Vapor | IR Channel 3, alternate "Blue" hued version |
