Quick Guides and Briefs
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| VIIRS Active Fires Detection Algorithm | RGB Quick Guide | RGB Quick Brief | Carl Dierking, Jen Delamere and Jay Cable; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska Jorel Torres; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
| VIIRS Day Land Cloud Fire RGB | RGB Quick Guide | RGB Quick Brief | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) Jorel Torres and Curtis Seaman; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
| VIIRS Fire Temperature RGB | RGB Quick Guide | RGB Quick Brief | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) Jorel Torres and Curtis Seaman, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
| True Color RGB | RGB Quick Guide | EUMeTrain | |
| VIIRS Day Land Cloud RGB | RGB Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
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| VIIRS Snowmelt RGB | RGB Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Jen Delamere; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) Jorel Torres, Dan Bikos, and Curtis Seaman; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
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| VIIRS 3.74µm Shortwave IR Band For Fire Detection | Single Band Product Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Jen Delamere; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) Jorel Torres and Curtis Seaman; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
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| VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) | Single Band Product Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
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| VIIRS Fog & Fire Band | Single Band Product Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
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| Blended TPW | Single Band Product Quick Brief | Jorel Torres, Erin Sanders and Bernie Connell; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
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| VIIRS Near-Constant Contrast (NCC), Enhanced Day Night Band (DNB) Visible Imagery | Single Band Product Quick Brief | Jorel Torres, Erin Sanders and Bernie Connell; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
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| GCOM AMSR-2 Winds, Enhanced Day Night Band (DNB) Visible Imagery | Single Band Product Quick Brief | Scott Lindstrom; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) |
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| MIRS Snow Water Equivalent | MIRS Quick Guide | MIRS Quick Brief | Scott Lindstrom; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Carl Dierking; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| MIRS Sea Ice Concentration | MIRS Quick Guide | MIRS Quick Brief | Carl Dierking; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| MIRS Rain Rate | MIRS Quick Guide | MIRS Quick Brief | University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| MIRS Cloud Liquid Water | MIRS Quick Guide | Scott Lindstrom; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) |
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| MIRS Total Precipitation Water | MIRS Quick Guide | University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
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| NUCAPS Soundings | NUCAPS Quick Brief | Scott Lindstrom; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) |
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| NUCAPS Gridded | NUCAPS Quick Guide | Rebekah Esmaili; Science & Technology Corp. | |
| NUCAPS EDR Quality Flags | NUCAPS Quick Guide | Rebekah Esmaili; Science & Technology Corp. | |
| Satellite Cloud Vertical Cross-section (CVC) | Satellite Cloud Vertical Cross-section Quick Guide | Yoo-Jeong Noh, Jorel Torres and Steve Miller; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) |
| Title | Quick Guide | Contributors | |
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| The 0.64 μm "Visible" Band | Quick Guide . | The 0.64 um "Visible" Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| Satellites and Their Instruments | Quick Guide | Satellites and Their Instruments | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| The "Nighttime Visible" Band | Quick Guide | The "Nighttime Visible" Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| The 1.61 μm Near-IR "Snow/Ice" Band | Quick Guide | The 1.61 um Near-IR "Snow/Ice" Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| The 0.86 μm Near-IR “Veggie” Band | Quick Guide | The 0.86 μm Near-IR “Veggie” Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| The 11 μm “Longwave IR” Band | Quick Guide | The 11 μm “Longwave IR” Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| The 3.74 μm “Fog and Fire” Band | Quick Guide | The 3.74 μm “Fog and Fire” Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| Pixel Growth | Quick Guide | Pixel Growth and Other Gotchas | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| Polar Products for Alaska | Quick Guide | Polar Products for Alaska | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| Anatomy of an RGB | Quick Guide | Anatomy of an RGB | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| The 0.49 μm "Blue Visible" Band | Quick Guide | The 0.49 μm "Blue Visible" Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |
| The 0.56 μm "Green Visible" Band | Quick Guide | The 0.56 μm "Green Visible" Band | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |