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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) product |
2025-03-31 |
Yes |
Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) | Product | ||
| Snowfall Rate (SFR) |
2025-03-18 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| merged Snowfall Rate (mSFR) |
2025-03-18 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| SAR Winds |
2025-03-10 |
No | JPSS | Product | ||
| VIIRS Blowing Snow RGB |
2025-02-07 |
JPSS | RGB | |||
| VIIRS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) | External Website |
2024-08-30 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| VIIRS Aerosol Detection Product (ADP) | External Website |
2024-08-30 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| VIIRS Nighttime Microphysics RGB |
2024-07-09 |
JPSS | RGB | |||
| VIIRS Ash Index | External Website |
2024-06-18 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| OMPS and VIIRS SO2 Products | External Website |
2024-06-18 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| OMPS Ash-Smoke Index | External Website |
2024-06-18 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| GLM Regional Applications |
2024-02-20 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| GLM Large Stratiform Flashes |
2024-02-20 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| VIIRS Cloud Snow Discriminator |
2024-02-06 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| VIIRS Fire Temperature |
2024-02-06 |
JPSS | RGB | |||
| VIIRS Snowmelt |
2024-02-06 |
JPSS | RGB | |||
| LightningCast | External Website |
2024-01-29 |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| Snow Fraction | External Website |
2023-10-25 |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| Cloud Cover Layers |
2023-08-31 |
GOES-R Series | Product | |||
| Ice Motion | External Website |
2023-08-03 |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| Ice Age / Ice Thickness | External Website |
2023-08-03 |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| VIIRS Flood Map |
2023-06-27 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| VIIRS Day Fire RGB |
2023-03-02 |
JPSS | RGB | |||
| Day Cloud Type | External Website |
2023-01-30 |
GOES-R Series | RGB | ||
| VIIRS Active Fire |
2022-12-06 |
No | JPSS | Product | ||
| VIIRS Sea Spray RGB |
2022-06-22 |
JPSS | RGB | |||
| VIIRS Ice Surface Temperature | External Website |
2022-03-11 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| VIIRS Ice Concentration | External Website |
2022-03-04 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| GOES-R Ice Surface Temperature | External Website |
2022-03-04 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Product | |
| GOES-R Ice Concentration | External Website |
2022-03-04 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Product | |
| GOES-R Land Surface Temperature | External Website |
2022-02-22 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Rocket Plume RGB (Daytime) | External Website |
2022-01-31 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | RGB | |
| Rocket Plume RGB (Nighttime) | External Website |
2022-01-31 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | RGB | |
| CMORPH-2 Precipitation Rates |
2021-09-15 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| Fire / Hot Spot Characterization | External Website |
2021-07-13 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Product | |
| VIIRS M-8 Band (1.24 um) |
2021-06-03 |
JPSS | Single Band | |||
| Split-window Precipitable Water Product |
2021-05-20 |
GOES-R Series | Product | |||
| GLM Full Disk Data Quality |
2021-04-16 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| DEBRA-Dust Product |
2021-02-17 |
GOES-R Series | Product | |||
| GLM Full Disk Gridded Products |
2020-12-03 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| GLM Minimum Flash Area (MFA) |
2020-12-03 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| Turbulence Probability Product |
2020-12-03 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| GOES-R Cloud Thickness | External Website |
2020-08-07 |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| GOES-R IFR Probability | External Website |
2020-08-07 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Product | |
| Legacy Vertical Profiles |
2020-07-24 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| GCOM AMSR2 Winds | External Website |
2020-02-07 |
JPSS | Product | ||
| Nighttime Microphysics |
PDF (Spanish PDF) |
2019/12/06 |
Yes | GOES-R Series | RGB | |
| Jason Signficant Wave Height |
External Website |
2019-10-11 |
Yes | JPSS | Product | |
| Volcanic Ash Detection and Retrieval |
2019-09-13 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | ||
| Day Snow/Cloud Layers |
2019-09-14 |
No | GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| Gridded NUCAPS |
2019-08-02 |
No | JPSS | Product | ||
| JPSS Snowfall Rate |
PDF |
2018-10-12 |
No | JPSS | Product | |
| GCOM AMSR2 SST |
2018-10-12 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| VIIRS Cloud Base Height |
2018-10-05 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| GLM Average Flash Area and Total Optical Energy |
2018-08-07 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| GLM Data Quality |
2018-08-07 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| GLM Gridded Products |
2018-08-07 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| GLM Definitions and Detection Methods |
2018-08-07 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| SO2 |
PDF (Spanish) PDF |
2018-08-01 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | RGB | |
| GLM and Ground Networks |
2018-08-01 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | GLM | ||
| Blended TPW |
2018-07-27 |
Yes |
Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) | Product | ||
| Volcanic Ash Detection and Retrieval |
2018-07-09 |
JPSS | Product | |||
| NUCAPS Soundings | External Website |
2018-07-09 |
Yes |
JPSS | Product | |
| VIIRS Near-Constant Contrast |
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 |
2018-05-03 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | ||
| Ash |
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 | External Website |
2018-03-22 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Aerosol Optical Depth Baseline product | External Website |
2018-03-22 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Day Cloud Convection |
PDF Spanish |
2018-03-12 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | RGB | |
| Derived Motion Winds | External Website |
2018-03-09 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Cloud Particle Size Distribution | External Website |
2018-03-08 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Baseline Cloud Top Temperature | External Website |
2018-03-08 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Cloud Optical Depth | External Website |
2018-03-08 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Baseline Cloud Top Pressure | External Website |
2018-03-08 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Baseline product |
PDF (Spanish) PDF |
2018-03-06 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Aerosol Detection Baseline Product | External Website |
2018-03-06 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Baseline Cloud Top Height | External Website |
2018-02-08 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Clear Sky Mask Baseline Product | External Website |
2018-02-06 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Split Ozone | External Website |
2018-02-06 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Channel Difference | |
| Split Water Vapor Difference | External Website |
2018-02-06 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Channel Difference | |
| Cloud Phase Baseline Product | External Website |
2018-02-02 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Baseline Product | |
| Split Cloud Phase | External Website |
2018-02-02 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Channel Difference | |
| Split Snow | External Website |
2018-02-01 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Channel Difference | |
| CIMSS Natural True Color | External Website |
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 |
PDF Spanish |
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 |
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 Spanish PDF |
2018-01-10 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | RGB | |
| Split Window Difference (10.3 minus 12.3 microns) | External Website |
2017-12-15 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Channel Difference | |
| Night Fog Difference (10.3 minus 3.9 microns) | External Website |
2017-12-15 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Channel Difference | |
| GeoColor |
PDF Spanish |
2017-10-18 |
GOES-R Series | Product | ||
| ABI Band 16 (13.3 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 15 (12.3 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 14 (11.2 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 13 (10.3 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 12 (9.6 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 11 (8.5 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 10 (7.3 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 9 (6.9 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 8 (6.2 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 7 (3.9 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 6 (2.24 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 5 (1.61 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 4 (1.37 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 3 (0.86 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 2 (0.64 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| ABI Band 1 (0.47 μm) | External Website |
2017-10-18 |
Yes |
GOES-R Series | Single Band | |
| GOES Blowing Snow RGB |
2024-04-24 |
No | GOES-R Series | RGB |