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)
VIIRS GeoColor PDF

2025-09-25

No

 JPSS Product

VIIRS Day Cloud Phase Distinction RGB PDF

2025-06-09

JPSS RGB

Derived Motion Winds – LEO External Website

2025-06-02

Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Baseline Product

VIIRS Blowing Snow RGB PDF

2025-02-07

JPSS RGB

GOES Blowing Snow RGB PDF

2024-04-24

 No GOES-R Series RGB

VIIRS Aerosol Detection Product (ADP) External Website

2024-08-30

JPSS Product

VIIRS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) External Website

2024-08-30

JPSS Product

VIIRS Nighttime Microphysics RGB PDF

2024-07-09

JPSS RGB

OMPS Ash-Smoke Index External Website

2024-06-18

JPSS Product

OMPS and VIIRS SO2 Products External Website

2024-06-18

JPSS Product

VIIRS Ash Index External Website

2024-06-18

JPSS Product

GLM Large Stratiform Flashes PDF

2024-02-20

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Regional Applications PDF

2024-02-20

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

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 Age / Ice Thickness External Website

2023-08-03

GOES-R Series Product

Ice Motion External Website

2023-08-03

GOES-R Series Product

Day Cloud Type External Website

2023-01-30

GOES-R Series RGB

VIIRS Sea Spray RGB PDF

2022-06-22

JPSS RGB

merged Snowfall Rate (mSFR) PDF

2025-03-18

JPSS Product

Snowfall Rate (SFR) PDF

2025-03-18

JPSS Product

GOES-R Ice Concentration External Website

2022-03-04

Yes

 GOES-R Series Product

GOES-R Ice Surface Temperature 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 (Nighttime) External Website

2022-01-31

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Rocket Plume RGB (Daytime) External Website

2022-01-31

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

CMORPH-2 Precipitation Rates PDF

2021-09-15

JPSS 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

VIIRS Snowmelt PDF

2024-02-06

JPSS RGB

DEBRA-Dust Product PDF

2021-02-17

GOES-R Series Product

Turbulence Probability Product PDF

2020-12-03

Yes

 GOES-R Series Product

GLM Minimum Flash Area (MFA) PDF

2020-12-03

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Full Disk Gridded Products PDF

2020-12-03

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

Fire / Hot Spot Characterization External Website

2021-07-13

Yes

 GOES-R Series Product

GOES-R IFR Probability External Website

2020-08-07

Yes

 GOES-R Series Product

GOES-R Cloud Thickness External Website

2020-08-07

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

ABI Band 1 (0.47 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 3 (0.86 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 5 (1.61 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 7 (3.9 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 9 (6.9 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 11 (8.5 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 13 (10.3 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 15 (12.3 μm) External Website

2017-10-18

Yes

 GOES-R Series Single Band

ABI Band 16 (13.3 μm) External Website

2017-10-18

Yes

 GOES-R Series Single Band

GeoColor PDF
Spanish

2017-10-18

GOES-R Series Product

Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) product PDF

2025-05-16

Yes

 Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Product

Night Fog Difference (10.3 minus 3.9 microns) External Website

2017-12-15

Yes

 GOES-R Series Channel Difference

Split Window Difference (10.3 minus 12.3 microns) External Website

2017-12-15

Yes

 GOES-R Series Channel Difference

Air Mass PDF
Spanish PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Day Convection PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Day Land Cloud PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Day Land Cloud Fire PDF

2018-01-10

GOES-R Series RGB

Differential Water Vapor PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Dust PDF
Spanish

2018-01-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Fire Temperature PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Simple Water Vapor PDF

2018-01-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

CIMSS Natural True Color External Website

2018-01-23

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Day Cloud Convection PDF
Spanish

2018-03-12

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Split Cloud Phase External Website

2018-02-02

Yes

 GOES-R Series Channel Difference

Cloud Phase Baseline Product External Website

2018-02-02

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Split Snow External Website

2018-02-01

Yes

 GOES-R Series Channel Difference

Split Water Vapor Difference External Website

2018-02-06

Yes

 GOES-R Series Channel Difference

Split Ozone External Website

2018-02-06

Yes

 GOES-R Series Channel Difference

Clear Sky Mask Baseline Product External Website

2018-02-06

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Baseline Cloud Top Height External Website

2018-02-08

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

VIIRS Fire Temperature PDF

2024-02-06

JPSS RGB

VIIRS Cloud Snow Discriminator PDF

2024-02-06

JPSS Product

VIIRS Day Fire RGB PDF

2023-03-02

JPSS RGB

Aerosol Detection Baseline Product External Website

2018-03-06

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Total Precipitable Water (TPW) Baseline product PDF
(Spanish) PDF

2018-03-06

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Baseline Cloud Top Pressure 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 Temperature External Website

2018-03-08

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Cloud Particle Size Distribution External Website

2018-03-08

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Derived Motion Winds External Website

2018-03-09

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Aerosol Optical Depth Baseline product External Website

2018-03-22

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Derived Stability Indices External Website

2018-03-22

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Baseline Product PDF

2018-05-03

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Day Cloud Phase Distinction PDF
(Spanish) PDF

2018-04-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

Ash PDF

2018-04-10

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

VIIRS Near-Constant Contrast PDF

2018-07-09

Yes

 JPSS Product

NUCAPS Soundings External Website

2018-07-09

Yes

 JPSS Product

Volcanic Ash Detection and Retrieval PDF

2018-07-09

JPSS Product

Volcanic Ash Detection and Retrieval PDF

2019-09-13

Yes

 GOES-R Series Baseline Product

Blended TPW PDF

2025-07-22

Yes

 Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Product

GLM and Ground Networks PDF

2018-08-01

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

SO2 PDF
(Spanish) PDF

2018-08-01

Yes

 GOES-R Series RGB

GLM Definitions and Detection Methods PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Gridded Products PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Data Quality PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

GLM Average Flash Area and Total Optical Energy PDF

2018-08-07

Yes

 GOES-R Series GLM

VIIRS Flood Map PDF

2023-06-27

JPSS Product

VIIRS Ice Concentration External Website

2022-03-04

JPSS Product

VIIRS Ice Surface Temperature External Website

2022-03-11

JPSS Product

VIIRS Cloud Base Height PDF

2018-10-05

JPSS Product

GCOM AMSR2 SST PDF

2018-10-12

JPSS Product

JPSS Snowfall Rate PDF

2018-10-12

 No JPSS Product

Day Snow Fog PDF
(Spanish) PDF

2018-05-30

Yes

 Yes GOES-R Series RGB

VIIRS Active Fire PDF

2022-12-06

 No JPSS Product

SAR Winds PDF

2025-03-10

 No JPSS Product

Gridded NUCAPS PDF

2019-08-02

 No JPSS Product

Day Snow/Cloud Layers PDF

2019-09-14

 No GOES-R Series 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

Product Material 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