VISIT – Quick Reference Material

Quick Guides:

These are a 1-2 page PDF document designed to be a reference to provide summarizing information about a product. This includes limitations, an example or two and highlighted features.

Quick Briefs:

These are a brief (around 5 minutes) video that provide an introduction, basic explanation and one or two quick application examples

Product Material Updated SBN
Availability
Satellite Category WMO Sat.
Skill(s)
Snowfall Rate (SFR) PDF 2025-03-18 No JPSS Product
merged Snowfall Rate (mSFR) PDF 2025-03-18 No JPSS Product
SAR Winds PDF

2025-03-10

No JPSS Product

VIIRS Blowing Snow RGB PDF 2025-02-07 No JPSS RGB
VIIRS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) 2024-08-30 No JPSS Product
VIIRS Aerosol Detection Product (ADP) 2024-08-30 No JPSS Product
VIIRS Nighttime Microphysics RGB PDF 2024-07-09 No JPSS RGB
VIIRS Ash Index 2024-06-18 No JPSS Product
OMPS and VIIRS SO2 Products 2024-06-18 No JPSS Product
OMPS Ash-Smoke Index 2024-06-18 No JPSS Product
GOES Blowing Snow RGB

2024-04-24

No GOES-R Series RGB

GLM Regional Applications PDF 2024-02-20 Yes GOES-R Series GLM
GLM Large Stratiform Flashes PDF 2024-02-20 Yes GOES-R Series GLM
VIIRS Snowmelt PDF 2024-02-06 No JPSS RGB
VIIRS Cloud Snow Discriminator PDF

2024-02-06

JPSS Product

VIIRS Fire Temperature PDF

2024-02-06

JPSS RGB

LightningCast 2024-01-29 No GOES-R Series Product
Snow Fraction 2023-10-25 No GOES-R Series Product
Cloud Cover Layers PDF 2023-08-31 No GOES-R Series Product
Ice Motion 2023-08-03 No GOES-R Series Product
Ice Age / Ice Thickness 2023-08-03 No GOES-R Series Product
Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) product PDF 2023-07-25 No Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Product
VIIRS Flood Map PDF

2023-06-27

JPSS Product

VIIRS Day Fire RGB PDF

2023-03-02

JPSS RGB

Day Cloud Type 2023-01-30 No GOES-R Series RGB
VIIRS Active Fire PDF

2022-12-06

No JPSS Product

VIIRS Sea Spray RGB PDF 2022-06-22 No JPSS RGB
VIIRS Ice Surface Temperature

2022-03-11

JPSS Product

GOES-R Ice Surface Temperature 2022-03-04 Yes GOES-R Series Product
GOES-R Ice Concentration 2022-03-04 Yes GOES-R Series Product
VIIRS Ice Concentration

2022-03-04

JPSS Product

GOES-R Land Surface Temperature 2022-02-22 Yes GOES-R Series Baseline Product
Rocket Plume RGB (Daytime) 2022-01-31 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Rocket Plume RGB (Nighttime) 2022-01-31 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
CMORPH-2 Precipitation Rates PDF 2021-09-15 No JPSS Product
Fire / Hot Spot Characterization 2021-07-13 Yes GOES-R Series Product
VIIRS M-8 Band (1.24 um) PDF 2021-06-03 No JPSS Single Band
Split-window Precipitable Water Product PDF 2021-05-20 No GOES-R Series Product
GLM Full Disk Data Quality PDF 2021-04-16 Yes GOES-R Series GLM
DEBRA-Dust Product PDF 2021-02-17 No GOES-R Series Product
GLM Full Disk Gridded Products PDF 2020-12-03 Yes GOES-R Series GLM
GLM Minimum Flash Area (MFA) PDF 2020-12-03 Yes GOES-R Series GLM
Turbulence Probability Product PDF 2020-12-03 Yes GOES-R Series Product
GOES-R Cloud Thickness 2020-08-07 No GOES-R Series Product
GOES-R IFR Probability 2020-08-07 Yes GOES-R Series Product
Legacy Vertical Profiles PDF 2020-07-24 Yes GOES-R Series Product
GCOM AMSR2 Winds 2020-02-07 No JPSS Product
Nighttime Microphysics PDF
(Spanish PDF)

2019/12/06

Yes GOES-R Series RGB

Jason Signficant Wave Height

2019-10-11

Yes JPSS Product

Volcanic Ash Detection and Retrieval PDF

2019-09-13

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Day Snow/Cloud Layers PDF

2019-09-14

No GOES-R Series Product

Gridded NUCAPS PDF

2019-08-02

No JPSS Product

JPSS Snowfall Rate PDF

2018-10-12

No JPSS Product

GCOM AMSR2 SST PDF

2018-10-12

JPSS Product

VIIRS Cloud Base Height PDF

2018-10-05

JPSS Product

GLM Average Flash Area and Total Optical Energy PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Data Quality PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Gridded Products PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Definitions and Detection Methods PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

GOES-R Series GLM

SO2 PDF
(Spanish) PDF

2018-08-01

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

GLM and Ground Networks PDF

2018-08-01

Yes

GOES-R Series GLM

Blended TPW PDF

2018-07-27

Yes

Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Product

Volcanic Ash Detection and Retrieval PDF

2018-07-09

JPSS Product

NUCAPS Soundings

2018-07-09

Yes

JPSS Product

VIIRS Near-Constant Contrast PDF

2018-07-09

Yes

JPSS Product

Day Snow Fog PDF
(Spanish) PDF

2018-05-30

Yes

Yes GOES-R Series RGB

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Baseline Product PDF

2018-05-03

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Ash PDF

2018-04-10

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

Day Cloud Phase Distinction PDF
(Spanish) PDF

2018-04-10

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

Derived Stability Indices

2018-03-22

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Aerosol Optical Depth Baseline product

2018-03-22

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Day Cloud Convection 2018-03-12 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Derived Motion Winds

2018-03-09

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Cloud Particle Size Distribution

2018-03-08

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Baseline Cloud Top Temperature

2018-03-08

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Cloud Optical Depth

2018-03-08

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Baseline Cloud Top Pressure

2018-03-08

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Baseline product PDF

2018-03-06

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Aerosol Detection Baseline Product

2018-03-06

Yes

GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Baseline Cloud Top Height 2018-02-08 Yes GOES-R Series Baseline Product
Clear Sky Mask Baseline Product 2018-02-06 Yes GOES-R Series Baseline Product
Split Ozone 2018-02-06 Yes GOES-R Series Channel Difference
Split Water Vapor Difference 2018-02-06 Yes GOES-R Series Channel Difference
Cloud Phase Baseline Product 2018-02-02 Yes GOES-R Series Baseline Product
Split Cloud Phase 2018-02-02 Yes GOES-R Series Channel Difference
Split Snow 2018-02-01 Yes GOES-R Series Channel Difference
CIMSS Natural True Color 2018-01-23 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Simple Water Vapor 2018-01-10 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Fire Temperature 2018-01-10 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Dust 2018-01-10 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Differential Water Vapor 2018-01-10 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Day Land Cloud Fire 2018-01-10 No GOES-R Series RGB
Day Land Cloud 2018-01-10 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Day Convection 2018-01-10 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Air Mass PDF 2018-01-10 Yes GOES-R Series RGB
Split Window Difference (10.3 minus 12.3 microns) 2017-12-15 Yes GOES-R Series Channel Difference
Night Fog Difference (10.3 minus 3.9 microns) 2017-12-15 Yes GOES-R Series Channel Difference
GeoColor 2017-10-18 No GOES-R Series Product
ABI Band 16 (13.3 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 15 (12.3 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 14 (11.2 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 13 (10.3 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 12 (9.6 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 11 (8.5 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 10 (7.3 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 9 (6.9 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 8 (6.2 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 7 (3.9 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 6 (2.24 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 5 (1.61 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 4 (1.37 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 3 (0.86 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 2 (0.64 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
ABI Band 1 (0.47 μm) 2017-10-18 Yes GOES-R Series Single Band
Product Material Last Updated Category WMO Sat. Skill(s)
GLM Full Disk Gridded Products Video 2021-04-16 GLM
GLM Minimum Flash Area Video 2021-04-16 GLM
GLM Full Disk Data Quality Video 2021-04-16 GLM
VIIRS Fire Temperature RGB Video 2020-04-06 RGB
GOES Fire Temperature RGB 2019-12-13 RGB
Volcanic Ash Detection and Retrieval 2019-01-31 Product
VIIRS Near Constant Contrast Video 2019-07-25 Product
VIIRS Day Land Cloud Fire RGB Video 2020-01-10 Product
Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Baseline product 2018-03-06 Product
Split Window Difference (10.3 – 12.3 μm) 2018-02-16 Product
Split Water Vapor Difference (6.19 – 7.34 μm) 2018-05-02 Product
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product 2018-09-28 Product
Satellite Default Color Tables 2018-03-06 Topic
Satellite Color Tables: Ranges 2018-02-16 Topic
Pixel Size, Parallax, Limb Cooling 2018-02-16 Topic
Nighttime Microphysics RGB 2021-03-16 Product
Night Fog Brightness Temperature Difference (10.3 – 3.9 μm) 2018-02-16 Product
MIRS Total Precipitable Water 2019-06-19 Product
MIRS Snow Water Equivalent 2019-06-19 Product
MIRS Sea Ice Concentration 2019-06-19 Product
Legacy Atmospheric Profiles 2019-01-31 Product
Infrared Satellite Enhancement 2018-02-16 Topic
GLM Gridded Products 2018-08-07 GLM
GLM Definitions and Detection Methods 2018-08-07 GLM
GLM Data Quality 2018-08-07 GLM
GLM Average Flash Area and Total Optical Energy 2018-08-07 GLM
GLM and Ground Networks Video 2018-10-04 GLM
GCOM AMSR2 Winds 2019-07-01 Product
Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (FDCA) 2019-01-31 Product
Dust RGB 2021-03-16 Product
Differential Water Vapor RGB 2019-12-13 RGB
Day Snow Fog Video 2019-04-03 RGB
Day Land Cloud RGB 2019-12-13 RGB
Day Land Cloud Fire RGB 2019-12-13 RGB
Day Convection RGB 2021-03-16 RGB
Day Cloud Phase Distinction 2018-07-16 RGB
Day Cloud Convection Video

2019/04/03

RGB

Creating Color Enhancements 2018-03-06 Topic
Cloud Phase Difference (11.2 – 8.4 μm) 2019-02-26 Product
Blended TPW Video 2019-09-02 Product
AWIPS Remapping, Scales and Spatial Resolution

2018/03/12

Topic

Ash RGB 2019-12-13 RGB
Air Mass RGB

2019/12/13

RGB

GLM Applications Overview Video

2018-10-04

GLM