Search the RAMMB website

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 PDF

2025-03-31

Yes

Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Product

Snowfall Rate (SFR) PDF

2025-03-18

JPSS Product

merged Snowfall Rate (mSFR) PDF

2025-03-18

JPSS Product

SAR Winds PDF

2025-03-10

No JPSS Product

VIIRS Blowing Snow RGB PDF

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 PDF

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 PDF

2024-02-20

Yes

GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Large Stratiform Flashes PDF

2024-02-20

Yes

GOES-R Series GLM

VIIRS Cloud Snow Discriminator PDF

2024-02-06

JPSS Product

VIIRS Fire Temperature PDF

2024-02-06

JPSS RGB

VIIRS Snowmelt PDF

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 PDF

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 PDF

2023-06-27

JPSS Product

VIIRS Day Fire RGB PDF

2023-03-02

JPSS RGB

Day Cloud Type External Website

2023-01-30

GOES-R Series RGB

VIIRS Active Fire PDF

2022-12-06

No JPSS Product

VIIRS Sea Spray RGB PDF

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 PDF

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) PDF

2021-06-03

JPSS Single Band

Split-window Precipitable Water Product PDF

2021-05-20

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

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 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 PDF

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 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 External Website

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 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 PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

Fire Temperature PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

Dust PDF
Spanish

2018-01-10

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

Differential Water Vapor PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

Day Land Cloud Fire PDF

2018-01-10

GOES-R Series RGB

Day Land Cloud PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

GOES-R Series RGB

Day Convection PDF

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 PDF

2024-04-24

No GOES-R Series RGB

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

2021-02-16

Topic

Nighttime Microphysics RGB

2019-12-13

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

2019-12-13

Product

Differential Water Vapor RGB

2019-12-12

RGB

Day Snow Fog Video

RGB

Day Land Cloud RGB

2019-12-13

RGB

Day Land Cloud Fire RGB

2019-12-13

RGB

Day Convection RGB

2019-12-13

RGB

Day Cloud Phase Distinction

2018-07-16

RGB

Day Cloud Convection Video

2019/04/03

RGB

Creating Color Enhancements

2018-03-09

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