GOES IR Enhancements for Winter Weather

Heavy Snow Across Eastern New York and Southern New England

IR channel 4 No enhancement curve

MB enhancement curve (precip. estimation)

CC enhancement curve (modified MB for N. latitudes)

EC enhancement curve (cool season precip.)

CE enhancement curve (glaciation level)

DD enhancement curve (snow production zone)

(Java animation showing a sequence of the above enhancement curves)

Enhancement curve examples from the 14 December 1997 Mississippi/Alabama snow event