Quick Guides are made in order to help the users of satellite products (in this case Sandwich products and RGBs) to get the most essential information which might use in daily shift work. A Quick Guide consists of two pages; the first page (fig. 1a) is a short description of the aim of this product, of its benefits and limitations and the physical background. The second page (fig. 1b) contains examples of images and the interpretations of the characteristic colour and/or the cloud top features showing in the product.
There are currently 12 quick guides developed by EUMeTrain that you can see on this page. Also, at the end of the page there are examples of RGB Quick Guides from NASA SPORT.
Figure 1a & 1b: Appearance of a Quick Guide (in this case Ash RGB Quick Guide)
RGB Quick Guide - Ash |
RGB Quick Guide - HRV Clouds |
RGB Quick Guide - HRV Fog |
RGB Quick Guide - Night Micro |
RGB Quick Guide - Severe Storms |
RGB Quick Guide - 24 Hour Microphysics |
RGB Quick Guide - Day Microphysics |
RGB Quick Guide - Dust |
RGB Quick Guide - Airmass |
RGB Quick Guide - Natural Color |
RGB Quick Guide - Snow |
Sandwich Product |
Some of these Quick Guides present RGBs which cannot be created from the data of the present European geostationary satellite, but will be available with the imager of the future MTG.
Quick Guide - VIS 0.44 μm Channel |
Quick Guide - VIS 0.51 μm Channel |
Quick Guide - NIR 1.37 μm Channel |
Quick Guide - NIR 2.25 μm Channel |
RGB Quick Guide - Cloud Type |
RGB Quick Guide - Cloud Phase |
RGB Quick Guide - True Colour |
RGB Quick Guide - Fire Temperature |
RGB Quick Guide - Daytime Convection |
RGB Quick Guide - Nighttime Microphysics |
RGB Quick Guide - Air Mass |
RGB Quick Guide - Dust |
RGB Quick Guide - 24 Hour Microphysics |
RGB Quick Guide - Daytime Microphysics |
RGB Quick Guide - True Color |
RGB Quick Guide - Natural Color/Fires |
RGB Quick Guide - Fire Temperature |