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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 |
