These are links for NOAA's GOES imagery

    GOES ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) Realtime Imagery

  • NOAA STAR ABI  Image Viewer (can save animated gif) GOES-East GOES-West plus a hurricane "floater" page
  • SSEC Geo Browser  All bands, Meso1 Meso2 and CONUS and Full Disk, plus a "spectral" (all channels) loop (can save animated gif) and GOES-West and EWS-G1
  • geo imagery (SSEC Real Earth TM)  All bands, CONUS and Full Disk and both meso-scale sectors (can save animated gif or mp4) and GOES-West
  • UW-Madison AOS  Many sectors (including Southern Wisconsin) and several enhancements and GOES-West
  • RAMMB Slider   GeoColor, all bands and all sectors (can save animated gifs, etc.) and GOES-West
  • GOES ABI imagery (CIRA)   Meso-scale sectors plus Colorado and Central Plains
  • College of DuPage   Select bands for the three domains, plus sub-regional and localized sectors (can save animated gif) GOES-West
  • weather.us   US view, several options
  • Earl's Satellite Page   FD, CONUS, Meso, etc.
  • Meteo-Chile   16 bands and RGB images over Chile & band fact sheets in Spanish: B1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
  • INPE / CPTEC: Brazil's DSAT   All ABI bands, plus select Level 2 derived products, over South America and the full disk. Past Images
  • Environment Canada   Both GOES-East and -West. Several sectors and animations.
  • SMN (Mexico)   Several sectors.
  • UNAM (Mexico)   Several sectors. Plus GLM and SUVI.
  • NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center   CONUS and Full Disk sectors.
  • NOAA NESDIS   Full Disk view.
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Meteorology   Many sectors, several bands. Plus GLM and radar.
  • Tropical Tidbits  Many sectors (including Alaska) and Central Pacific
  • CIMSS Tropical page with several bands, plus microwave imagery, etc.
  • SSEC Geo Browser  GOES-East and -West in the Mollweide projection (can save animated gif)   Local Noon GEO Composite
  • Convection, Chemistry, and Climate Research Group in the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Only during the NH summer
  • NWS Enhanced Data Display (experimental).
  • Cool realtime 3D Satellite (spacecraft and imagery) viewer from SSEC: GOES-East and GOES-West
  • Zoom Earth
  • GOES-16 ABI imagery from a DIY GRB receiving system by @wxstar3000 and @H_Neil : FD  CONUS and Meso-scale
  • GOES-16 ABI imagery from SMN Argentina @SMN_Argentina : for various sectors and select bands
  • CSPP GeoSphere from UW/SSEC
  • Satellite Imagery and Cloud Products Page from NASA Langley.
  • WorldView from NASA ('add layer', search on GOES (or geocolor), select layer, click on 'movie' icon to custom timing (hover over 1 day) to get 10min intervals).
  • GOES-West from Mauna Kea Weather Center (Hawaii).
  • GOES-West GOES-East and Composite Global Satellite Imagery from University of Washington.
  • GOES-West, GOES-East and other imagery from NRL's NexSat.
  • GOES-West, GOES-East and some channel differences from NCAR/RAP.
  • GOES-West, GOES-East and many sectors from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center.
  • GOES-West, several sectors from the University of Washington.
  • GOES-ABI 16-panels, time differences, image composites, etc. from CIMSS at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • GOES-West and -East images, etc. from the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State (CA) Universtity.
  • A Collection of Roof-top Camera's from Windy.com both visible and infrared imagery. Plus, a collection of cameras from the FAA
  • GOES-West and -East composite images from the Meteorological Service GeoMet in Canada.

    (Historical) GOES Imagery

  • GIBBS: Global ISCCP B1 Browse System for more information. Also see the HURSAT imagery archive, based on ISCCP-B1 data
  • GOES from @pppapin (University of Albany, SUNY) of the GRIDSAT grid over several domains. NCDC (CONUS and Global)
  • NASA's GOES I/M (8/12) Databook the Imager chapter and GOES-N/P (13/15) Databook.
  • National Solar Radiation Database which uses ABI data in certain products.  Plus image viewer
  • SSEC Archive which allows image thumbnails via a calendar   or search search

    GLM (Geostationary Lightning Mapper)

  • NOAA STAR GOES FD ABI w. GLM  Image Viewer CONUS ABI w. GLM GLM FED (Flash Extent Density) + GeoColor
  • GLM realtime data (SPORT)
  • GLM and ABI realtime data (SSEC Real Earth TM) for Groups and Group Density
  • GLM via SLIDER (CIRA)
  • Weathernerds   ABI (2 bands) and GLM (including gridded products), can save animated gifs.
  • 2017 GOES-16 paper by S. Rudlosky et al. 2018 GOES-16 paper by S. Rudlosky et al.
  • GLM Ground System Status and Product Performance Guide for Data Users.
  • GLM bolide (bright meteors) detections webpage by NASA. Paper by J. Smith et al. A similiar site by JPL. Note these sites are not realtime. An "AMS" page w events.
  • GLM archived gridded products at the GRHC DAAC.

    GOES Calibration
  • NOAA STAR GOES-East/West  calibration page including cal and nav. Plus a Cal Event Log 
  • CIMSS Imagery 16-band; times difference images  16-panel of the ABI at both CONUS and Full Disk for GOES-East and GOES-West
  • GOES ABI Geo-Geo Comparisons  for regions from both the FD and CONUS sectors
  • GOES Spectral Response functions  Plots and files: GOES-16/17/18/19 and other GOES; plus Planck coefficents; Also from the CWG.
  • GOES ABI Clear-sky Weighting functions  both static and realtime. You Tube training video
  • GOES Eclipse Schedules  from OSPO
  • ABI Times Series  from UW/CIMSS

    GOES ABI Data

  • NOAA CLASS (GRABIPRD) for GOES ABI radiances and imagery Need to register. More info and Video on how to access
  • GOES-R Series Data in the NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD) Program (formerly Big Data Project) -including derived products also at AWS and the Explore Bucket (G16) or Explore Bucket (G18)
  • Google Cloud Platform for GOES-16 ABI
  • Google Cloud Platform for GOES-17 ABI
  • Google Cloud Platform for GOES-18 ABI
  • Amazon AWS (and OCC) GOES-16/17/18 data fetcher from @blaylockbk (Click on the Products pull-down menu)
  • OCC Environmental Data Commons for GOES-16 and -17 data.
  • UNIDATA: Publically Accessible McIDAS ADDE servers (LEAD.UNIDATA.UCAR.EDU)
  • SSEC Satellite Data Services Inventory (UW-Madison)
  • GEONETCast Americas, and a blog part of GEONETCast.

    GOES Space Weather

  • GOES-R Series Space Weather Data
  • GOES SUVI imagery from the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).
  • GOES-16 SUVI imagery from a DIY GRB receiving system by @wxstar3000 and @H_Neil and a SUVI daily RGB maker. (2020-05-15) & (2020-05-29) & (2021-10-27)
  • GOES-East SUVI RGB maker from GOES-West RGB maker and static cases: (2024-04-08) or (2024-05-08) or (2024-05-14)
  • GOES-East SUVI imagery including RGBs, from the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC).
  • GOES-West SUVI imagery including RGBs, from the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC).
  • GOES-16 SUVI First Light RGB-maker small and large.
  • GOES-17 SUVI First Light RGB-maker (Preliminary, non-operational)
  • More Space Weather info or SUVI
  • Cool GOES-16 SUVI animations Full Solar rotation and Large solar flare and Partial Solar Eclipse
  • Other Space Weather Instruments on the GOES-R Series (Data and software via NCEI)

    (Free) Software

  • McIDAS-V (UW Madison)
  • SIFT--Satellite Information Familiarization Tool (UW Madison)  More info
  • Python notebook displaying ABI data from @blaylockbk
  • SSEC's HYDRA (use single or multi band CMIP files) Most recent version of the code
  • GOES-16 Manipulation Tools from GNC-A
  • Manipulating GOES-16 with GDAL from the OCC
  • NCview a netCDF visual (quicklook) browser
  • CSPP Geo Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary Data Geo2Grid Software Package
  • Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) (UNIDATA)
  • Panoply from NASA Goddard.
  • Pytroll GOES-16 ABI: Example
  • ImageJ image manipulation.
  • Software for Manipulating/Displaying NetCDF Data list from UNIDATA.
  • Weather and Climate Toolkit (WCT) from NOAA/NCEI.
  • Coast Watch software from NOAA CoastWatch.
  • Beginner's Guide to GOES-R Series Data Resources compiled by Danielle Losos, GOES-R Product Readiness and Operations
  • Google Earth Engine: CIMSS "True" Color multi-band example (2 km) and Level 2 Fire/Hot Spot Characterization by D. Losos and K. Schwehr.
  • Python to download/process GOES ABI via AWS from @blaylockbk and some RGBs in python.
  • Glance toolkit to compare two netcdf and generate a report from UW/SSEC.

    (Free) Phone apps

  • SSEC GOES ABI app: iOS and Android
  • Real Earth apps
  • WxSat Android
  • MapSat (CPTEC/INPE) iOS
  • MapSat (CPTEC/INPE) Android

    GOES-R/16 ABI Training / Education

  • GOES-R Education Proving Ground and GOES-R Series Countdown Calendar for Educators
  • CIMSS Education Webapps ABI    Links to: ABI Matching webapp game and Parallax and Seasons webapps
  • Match Image Pairs webapp for photos and GOES satellite imagery: Oregon or Lake Superior
  • Match Image Pairs webapp for ABI bands(8): ABI ABI or 16-bands: over Mexico or South America or South America
  • Fall 2017: GOES-R Series Virtual Course ABI
  • GOES Virtual Science Fair for middle school, high school and grades 13/14 (community college or university)
  • GOES-R/16 Fact Sheets (quick guides) with both pre-launch and post-launch data. Thanks to ECCC, ABI band fact sheets in French
  • More GOES-R/16 Fact Sheets (quick guides)
  • SHyMet Course Info (videos)
  • CIMSS Satellite Blog: GOES-16 and GOES-17 and GOES-18 and GOES-19
  • CIRA Loop of the Day
  • CIMSS GOES-R Fog Products Blog
  • GOES-R VISIT Foundational Course
  • Satellite Liaison Blog
  • GOES East and Roof Top Cameras (UW / AOS / SSEC in Madison, WI)
  • Satellite Training and Operations Resources (STOR) on NOAA's VLab
  • You Tube training video on Weighting Functions  and You Tube training video on spectral-temporal fusion
  • VISIT training webinars  and Basic ABI operations
  • Satellite Met Resources by @DrKimWood at Mississippi State University
  • Satellite Book Club presentation on Augmenting RGB w Derived Product Readouts  by B. Line T. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS (You Tube)

    GOES-16/17/18 ABI Info

  • GOES-R Program the GOES-R Series Data Book and the GOES-R Series Book, including space wx (Elsevier)
  • GOES-R Docs F&PS, ATBDs, PUGs, etc. ABI File name conventions
  • NESDIS home page and the Product Quality overview page.
  • GOES-R/16 tweets and GOES-S/17 tweets and GOES-T/18 tweets
  • Pre-launch BAMS article on the ABI including ABI Band Table and ABI Guide
  • ABI Mode 3 "cooling" timeline (G-17 only certain times) Mode Mode 3 (flex) Mode 4 (CFD) GOES-16 Mode 6a (w 10-min FD) GOES-17 Mode 6m (w 10-min FD)
  • Post-launch NWA JOM article on the ABI including ABI Band Table
  • Photons to Pixels article on the ABI
  • Generation of GOES-16 True Color Imagery without a Green Band in AGU's Earth and Space Science, including this figure
  • GOES-R Series Publications List
  • Recent / Planned ABI Meso-scale locations GOES Contacts e.g., email: SPSD.UserServices@noaa.gov and the meso-sector reposition priority list. NCO.
  • ABI Meso-scale locations over the last year and more from the SSEC Data center the last year and more for GOES-East
  • ABI Meso-scale location search function from the SSEC Data center for GOES-East and -West over their operational lifetimes
  • GOES-East and GOES-West Meso-scale preview location tool from CIRA;  Default coverage/pixel size plots, West and East from CIMSS
  • Special Bulletins/ General Messages regarding NOAA's satellite operations.
  • GRB ABI Schedules and HRIT ABI Schedules from NOAA's satellite operations and contacts and Mesoscale Research Request form
  • How to DIY and aquire HRIT and other signals by @carlreinemann
  • SSEC ABI Monitoring page
  • Big Ten Network on Geo Wx Satellites and 2017: Wednesday Nite at the Lab seminar on GOES-16 and 2022: Wisconsin's Role in Earth Imaging from Geostationary Orbit, 1966-2022
  • Top 25 ABI Animations from GOES-16 and Top 25 ABI Animations from GOES-17 including looking back at 2022.
  • Beginner's Guide to GOES-R Series Data Resources compiled by Danielle Losos, GOES-R Product Readiness and Operations

    Level 2 -- Derived Products, etc.

  • NOAA NCEI's Archive Information Request System (AIRS) Clouds (ACHA for cloud heights, LST, SST, TPW, etc
  • NOAA CLASS's NDE: Fog and Low Stratus (Note a different file naming convention)
  • GOES-R Series Level 2 Data in the NOAA Big Data Project - now call NOAA Open Data Dissemination (including derived products (standard L2 naming convention))
  • GOES-R Series Cloud Product Evaluation (GOES-16/18 and other sensors) and RealEarth
  • "Soundings" Validation Tool TPW, stability parameters, etc (GOES-16 etc.)
  • NOAA/CIMSS Volcanic Cloud Monitoring Web Portal Both LEO and GEO imagery (research)
  • NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere: a statistical model that predicts the probability that a storm will produce severe weather in the near-term (research)
  • Aerosol Watch from NOAA STAR
  • GOES ABI Derived winds from NOAA STAR
  • GOES ABI Derived Land Surface Temperature (LST) from NOAA STAR
  • Amazon AWS (and OCC) GOES Level 2 data fetcher from @blaylockbk
  • CIMSS experimental turbulence product
  • Weather and Climate Toolkit (WCT) from NOAA/NCEI to view L2 products.
  • ProbSevere LightningCast model uses GOES ABI data to predict the probability of lightning in the next 60 minutes from NOAA/STAR and UW/CIMSS.
  • ALIVE Estimating terrestrial carbon dioxide uptake in real time from a geostationary platform.

    Misc: ABI Level 0 (Raw Data) and DCS

  • CLASS archive and the PUG Volume 2 (Level 0 data intended for expert users).
  • DCS (Data Collection System) and the DCS history.

    JMA's AHI (Western Pacific, Eastern Asia, Australia, etc.) Imagery

  • AHI links including RGB quick guides

    KMA's AMI (Western Pacific, Eastern Asia, Australia, etc.) Imagery and Products

  • Imagery and RGB composites and Derived products from the AMI on GK2A operated by KMA


    For another satellite resources page from the Eastern Region NWS

    For a similar page for JPSS, created and maintainted by Scott Lindstrom, UW-Madison SSEC. Or a weather page by Robert Rabin, NSSL, including Alaska, Baffin Island and NW coast of Hudson Bay.

    The data, products, and imagery available on these websites are intended for informational purposes only. Neither the websites nor the data displayed herein are considered operational, and should not be used to support operational observation, forecasting, emergency, or other disaster mitigation or response operations, either public or private. The upkeep of these links by Tim Schmit is a best effort basis only. Mostly only links for free imagery/software are included. A similar GOES resource page, curated by NOAA NESDIS STAR. Information on the GeoXO satellite system for which plans include a hyperspectral infrared sounder.

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