Abbreviation |
File |
Label |
Enhancement Description |
AVN |
TXT |
AVN |
Aviation color enhancement |
BD |
TXT |
Dvorak |
Dvorak enhancement - used for Tropical Classifications with the Dvorak Technique |
FT |
TXT |
Funktop |
Funktop enhancement - developed by Ted Funk to highlight intense areas of precipitation |
JSL |
TXT |
JSL |
JSL2 enhancement - developed by Jim Lynch to bring out low level and high level clouds in tropical cyclones |
IR2 |
TXT |
Shortwave (IR2) |
Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Shortwave, sometimes considered "night visible" used with standard sectors. |
IR2T |
TXT |
Shortwave (IR2) |
Channel 2 Shortwave Infrared imagery - Alternate enhancement used with Tropical imagery floaters. |
IR2F |
TXT |
Fire (IR2) |
IR Channel 2 with the standard fire enhancement to show hot spot activity |
IR2H |
TXT |
Fire Hot |
IR Channel 2 with enhancement for the hot summer season |
IR2W |
TXT |
Fire Winter |
IR Channel 2 with enhancement for the cool winter season |
IR4 |
|
None |
Unenhanced Channel 4 Infrared Imagery |
RB |
TXT |
Rainbow |
Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement for a pretty image |
RBTOP |
TXT |
Rainbow |
New variation on the Rainbow enhancement curve - Colorful enhancement |
RGB |
|
RGB |
Combination of Visible and IR using a three channel technique to form a Red/Green/Blue false color image. |
VIS |
|
Visible |
Unenhanced Visible imagery that usually transitions to IR2 overnight |
WV |
TXT |
Water Vapor |
IR Channel 3 |
WVB |
TXT |
Water Vapor |
IR Channel 3, alternate "Blue" hued version |
This file contains the brightness or brightness temperature (IR4 only) breakpoints in "Brightness-Blue-Green-Red" format as used with the McIDAS EU command to generate some of the enhanced images on our web sites. Not all of our images use an enhancement.