Visible Channel

Enhancement Menu with Rollable Image (Page 7 of 18)

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This animation shows a GOES-8 visible channel image of a thunderstorm as the enhancement table is rolled. 

The improvement in visible imagery to 10 bits provides information over a useful dynamic range that extends far beyond the eye’s ability to discriminate. Enhancement may be required to make full use of the information available from GOES. Different enhancements, for low light situations versus bright cloud-filled scenes at midday, allow details to be detected that would go unnoticed using one standard enhancement.

Subsequent pages in this section depict other enhancements/views:


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