NOAA GOES Geostationary Satellite Server
NOAA GOES Geostationary Satellite Server

Image Enhancement Information

Abbreviation Label Enhancement Descriptions:
AVN AVN Aviation color enhancement
BD Dvorak Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique
FT Funktop Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk to highlight intense areas of precipitation
JSL JSL JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch to bring out low level and high level clouds in tropical cyclones
IR2 Shortwave (IR2) Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible"
IR2F Fire (IR2) Infrared Channel 2 with the standard fire enhancement to show hot spot activity
IR2H Fire Hot Infrared Channel 2 with enhancemnet for the hot summer season
IR2W Fire Winter Infrared Channel 2 with enhancement for the cool winter season
IR4 None Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery
RB Rainbow Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement for a vivid data image.
RBTOP Rainbow New variation on the Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement
RGB RGB Combination of Visible and Infrared using a three channel technique to form a Red/Green/Blue false color image.
VIS Visible Unenhanced Visible imagery that usually transitions to Infrared Channel 2 overnight
WV Water Vapor Infrared Channel 3