Seattle, Washington as viewed by 4 GOES
![Visible images, centered at Seattle, from (left to right) GOES-17, GOES-15, GOES-16 and GOES-13 [click to play animation | MP4]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/190213_goes17_goes15_goes16_goes13_visible_Seattle_anim.gif)
Visible images, centered at Seattle, from (left to right) GOES-17, GOES-15, GOES-16 and GOES-13 [click to play animation | MP4]
Note that visible images from the older GOES-13/GOES-15 are not as bright as those from the newer GOES-16/GOES-17 — performance of visible detectors on the previous generation of satellites degraded over time, while the new GOES-R series benefits from on-orbit calibration of the visible detectors to mitigate this effect.
Using a spare rooftop antenna, staff at the SSEC Data Center were able to ingest and process this data from GOES-13 (in addition to the other 3 GOES satellites). GOES-13 will be placed back into storage on 25 February 2019.
SnOMG! Detailed list of snow reports: https://t.co/TLWHOeEyWr. Thanks to everyone who has submitted measurements! #wawx #wasnow pic.twitter.com/TXAkRUf2cu
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) February 12, 2019
A toggle between larger-scale images using the 5 spectral bands of the GOES-13 Imager are shown below.
![GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), Water Vapor (6.5 µm), Infrared Window (10.7 µm) and Infrared CO2 Absorption (13.3 µm) images at 2015 UTC [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/02/190213_2115utc_goes13_fullDisk_anim.gif)
GOES-13 Visible (0.63 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), Water Vapor (6.5 µm), Infrared Window (10.7 µm) and Infrared CO2 Absorption (13.3 µm) images at 2015 UTC [click to enlarge]