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 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
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
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
GOES Blowing Snow RGB

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 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