GOES - Satellite Training and Operations Resources (STOR)

GOES Job Aids

Channel Difference Job Aids

Name	Channel Difference	Common Uses
Night Fog	10.3 - 3.9 µm	Using AWIPS in an operational setting, analyze the GOES-16/17 Night Fog Brightness Temperature Difference product to identify and differentiate low stratus/fog, cirrus and convective cloud tops.
Split Window Difference	10.3 - 12.3 µm	Using AWIPS in an operational setting, analyze the GOES-16/17 Moisture Difference (also known as the Split Window Difference – SWD) product to identify and differentiate regions of moisture and drying.
Split Water Vapor Blank Job Aid Job Aid with Answers	6.19 – 7.34 μm	Identify how the Split Water Vapor Difference outlines a potential Tropopause Fold that heralds cyclogenesis.

Name

Channel Difference

Common Uses

10.3 - 3.9 µm

Using AWIPS in an operational setting, analyze the GOES-16/17 Night Fog Brightness Temperature Difference product to identify and differentiate low stratus/fog, cirrus and convective cloud tops.

Split Window Difference

10.3 - 12.3 µm

Using AWIPS in an operational setting, analyze the GOES-16/17 Moisture Difference (also known as the Split Window Difference – SWD) product to identify and differentiate regions of moisture and drying.

Split Water Vapor

Blank Job Aid

Job Aid with Answers

6.19 – 7.34 μm

Identify how the Split Water Vapor Difference outlines a potential Tropopause Fold that heralds cyclogenesis.

RGB Job Aids

Name	Red	Green	Blue	Common Uses
Simple Water Vapor	10.35 µm (inverted)	6.19 µm (inverted)	7.34 µm (inverted)	Assessing Distribution of Moisture at Multiple Layers in the Atmosphere

Baseline Products Job Aids

Name	Common Uses
Fire Detection and Characterization Blank Job Aid Job Aid with Answers	Using AWIPS in an operational setting, monitor the products for evidence of new fires; assess the size and intensity of developing fires; identify fires of heightened concern.
Legacy Atmospheric Profiles	Legacy Profiles are created by taking model estimates of atmosphere thermodynamics and adjusting them using satellite observations.

Name

Common Uses

Fire Detection and Characterization

Blank Job Aid

Job Aid with Answers

Using AWIPS in an operational setting, monitor the products for evidence of new fires; assess the size and intensity of developing fires; identify fires of heightened concern.

Legacy Atmospheric Profiles

Legacy Profiles are created by taking model estimates of atmosphere thermodynamics and adjusting them using satellite observations.

Other Job Aids

Name	Common Uses
VOLCAT	Used to diagnose ash clouds that result from volcanic eruptions.
VOLCAT1	Use information that is available at this website: https://volcano.ssec.wisc.edu to diagnose ash clouds that result from volcanic eruptions. Note that this site will alert you to volcanic events in your region of interest if you have signed up for that service.