Extended guide to the Cloud Type RGB
This document is about the Cloud Type RGB, a new product for European users of GEO satellite data, which can be constructed using data from the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) on the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite system. It uses one of the new FCI channels. This document is an extended guide discussing its characteristics in detail.
The Cloud Type RGB provides improved detection of high-level thin features, such as thin cirrus clouds and aerosol plumes. The main application areas of the Cloud Type RGB are detection of very thin cirrus and higher-level aerosol clouds, and visual differentiation of cloud types, with some limitations. It can also provide some information about areas with dry airmasses.
At the time the document was created, FCI was not yet operational, so the characteristics of the FCI Cloud Type RGB were tested using preliminary commissioning data.