Cloud Mask - MSG - 0 degree
The Cloud Mask product describes the scene type (either 'clear' or 'cloudy') on a pixel level. Each pixel is classified as one of the following four types: clear sky over water, clear sky over land, cloud, or not processed (off Earth disc). Applications & Uses: The main use is in support of Nowcasting applications, where it frequently serves as a basis for other cloud products, and the remote sensing of continental and ocean surfaces.
Dust RGB - MSG - 0 degree
The Dust product is an RGB (Red, Green, Blue) composite based upon infrared channel data from the Meteosat Second Generation satellite. It is designed to monitor the evolution of dust storms during both day and night. But it is also useful for discrimination of cloud types (e.g. thin Cirrus detection) and detection of low level moisture. The Dust RGB is composed from data from a combination of the SEVIRI IR8.7, IR10.8 and IR12.0 channels.
Blended SEVIRI / LEO MW precipitation and morphologic information - MSG - 0 degree
Instantaneous precipitation maps generated combining geostationary (GEO) IR images from operational geostationary satellites 'calibrated' by precipitation measurements from MW images on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, processed soon after each acquisition of a new image from GEO. The blending algorithm ('Rapid Update’) generates precipitation estimates combining the equivalent blackbody temperatures (TBB) at 10.8 μm with rain rates from all available Passive MW measurements. A separate treatment is performed for convective precipitation: the morphologic information and the enhancement of precipitation estimate is done by the use of NEFODINA software.
Active Fire Monitoring (GRIB) - MSG - 0 degree
The active fire monitoring product is a fire detection product indicating the presence of fire within a pixel. The underlying concept of the algorithm takes advantage of the fact that SEVIRI channel IR3.9 is very sensitive to hot spots which are caused by fires. The algorithm distinguishes between potential fire and active fire. Applications and Users: Fire detection and monitoring.
Natural Colour Enhanced RGB - MSG - 0 degree
The Natural Colour Enhanced product is an RGB which utilises three SEVIRI solar channels: NIR1.6, VIS0.8 and VIS0.6. It is similar to a Natural Colour RGB product, with the difference that the ice-clouds and snow covered surfaces and clouds are not shown in typical cyan colour but in desaturated tones, i.e. in white shades, making it more natural for human perception.