Quick Guides and Briefs
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| Title | Quick Guide | Quick Brief | Contributors | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIIRS Fire Products | VIIRS Fire Products Specialty Guide | Carl Dierking; University of Alaska Fairbanks - Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | Wildland Fire, Multispectral | |
| VIIRS Fire Color Shortwave IR | VIIRS Fire Color Shortwave IR Guide | Carl Dierking; University of Alaska Fairbanks - Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | Wildland Fire, | |
| 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) | Wildland Fire, |
| VIIRS Flood Areal Extent | RGB Quick Guide | Jorel Torres, Erin Dagg, and Bernie Connell; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) | Riverflood, | |
| 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) | Wildland Fire, Multispectral |
| 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) | Wildland Fire, Multispectral |
| VIIRS True Color RGB | RGB Quick Guide | Grace Veenstra and Carl Dierking; 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) | Wildland Fire, Multispectral | |
| VIIRS Day Land Cloud RGB | RGB Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | Multispectral | |
| 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) | Cryosphere, Multispectral | |
| VIIRS Snow/Cloud Discriminator | RGB Quick Guide | Jorel Torres and Curtis Seaman; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) | Cryosphere, Multispectral | |
| VIIRS Blowing Snow RGB | RGB Quick Guide | Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) NOAA NESDIS | Cryosphere, Multispectral | |
| VIIRS Ice Fog and Power Plant Plumes Products | VIIRS Ice Fog and Power Plant Plumes Products Quick Guide | Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) | Cryosphere, | |
| 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) | Wildland Fire | |
| 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) | Wildland Fire, Cryosphere, Aurora, | |
| VIIRS Fog & Fire Band | Single Band Product Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | Wildland Fire, | |
| VIIRS Ash Index | VIIRS Ash Index Quick Guide | Vince Relamuto, Nick Krotkov, and Can Li; NASA Carl Dierking; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska | Aviation, Volcanos | |
| OMPS and VIIRS SO2 Products | OMPS and VIIRS SO2 Products Quick Guide | Vince Relamuto, Nick Krotkov, and Can Li; NASA Carl Dierking; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska | Aviation, Volcanos | |
| OMPS Ash-Smoke Index | OMPS Ash Smoke Index Quick Guide | Vince Relamuto, Nick Krotkov, and Can Li; NASA Carl Dierking; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska | Aviation, Volcanos | |
| Blended TPW | Blended TPW Quick Guide | Single Band Product Quick Brief | Jorel Torres, Erin Sanders and Bernie Connell; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) | Microwave, Precipitation |
| 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) | ||
| GCOM AMSR-2 Sea Surface Temperature | Sea Surface Temperature Quick Guide | Scott Lindstrom; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) | Microwave, Precipitation | |
| 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) Jorel Torres, Erin Sanders and Bernie Connell; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) | Microwave, | |
| 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) | Precipitation, Microwave, Cryosphere |
| MIRS Sea Ice Concentration | MIRS Quick Guide | MIRS Quick Brief | Carl Dierking; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | Microwave, Cryosphere, |
| MIRS Rain Rate | MIRS Quick Guide | MIRS Quick Brief | University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | Precipitation, Microwave, |
| MIRS Cloud Liquid Water | MIRS Quick Guide | Scott Lindstrom; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) | Precipitation, Microwave, | |
| MIRS Total Precipitation Water | MIRS Quick Guide | University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | Precipitation, Microwave, | |
| Snowfall Rate | Snowfall Rate Quick Guide | Geoffrey Stano; NASA SPoRT Huan Meng; NOAA STaR Kristopher White; NWS Huntsville, AL | Precipitation, Microwave, Cryosphere | |
| merged Snowfall Rate | Snowfall Rate Quick Guide | Huan Meng; NOAA STaR Kristopher White; NWS Huntsville, AL | Precipitation, Microwave, Cryosphere | |
| VIIRS Ice Concentration | VIIRS Sea Ice Quick Guide | Aaron Letterly; University of Wisconsin Madison | Cryosphere, | |
| VIIRS Ice Surface Temperature | VIIRS Sea Ice Quick Guide | Aaron Letterly; University of Wisconsin Madison | Cryosphere, | |
| NUCAPS Soundings | NUCAPS Quick Brief | Scott Lindstrom; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) | ||
| NUCAPS Gridded | NUCAPS Quick Guide | Rebekah Esmaili; Science & Technology Corp. | ||
| NUCAPS EDR Quality Flags | NUCAPS EDR Quick Guide | Rebekah Esmaili; Science & Technology Corp. | ||
| VIIRS Cloud Base Height | Cloud Base Height Quick Guide | Yoo-Jeong Noh, Jorel Torres and Steve Miller; Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) / Colorado State University (CSU) | Aviation, | |
| 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) | Aviation, | |
| Derived Motion Wind (DMW) | VIIRS DMW Quick Guide | Richard Dworak; University of Wisconsin-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) | ||
| The 0.64 µm "Visible" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| Satellites and Their Instruments | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| The "Nighttime Visible" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| The 1.61 µm Near-IR "Snow/Ice" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| The 0.86 µm Near-IR "Veggie" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| The 11 µm "Longwave IR" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| The 3.74 µm "Fog and Fire" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| Pixel Growth and Other Gotchas | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| Polar Products for Alaska | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| Anatomy of an RGB | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| The 0.49 µm "Blue Visible" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) | ||
| The 0.56 µm "Green Visible" Band | GINA Quick Guide | Carl Dierking and Eric Stevens; University of Alaska-Fairbanks Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) |