CIMSS scientists have created a website that extracts from the Level 1b ABI files information on the global mean radiance (and maximum, and minimum radiances) for each of the 16 channels at this link. The figure above tracks the global mean temperature of the GOES-16 Band 8 (Upper Level Water Vapor,... Read More

Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 both overflew Hurricane Fiona (NPP flew overhead to the east, NOAA-20 flew overhead to the west) in the early morning of 19 September 2022, as shown above in imagery created at AOML (The Atlantic Oceanagraphic and Meteorological Laboratory) and displayed at the Direct Broadcast site there. The images appear to show an eastward motion of the eye —... Read More

An animation of GOES-17 Band 13 10.3 µm infrared imagery, above, shows the development of concentric circles of cold, warm, cold and warm surrounding the high peaks of the island of Hawai’i (Click here to see a topographic view). The warmth apparent around the peaks at the start of the... Read More

MODIS-derived (from Terra and Aqua satellites) Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF), above, (as noted in this blog post), shows the (meager) snow distribution as of early December. How many counties (or parishes) in the United States (out of more than 3000!) are clearly delineated in Satellite Imagery such as what is shown... Read More