(- Interactive comparison of GOES-8 visible, 6.7um IR, and 10.7um IR -)
A test of NOAA GOES-8 Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) was conducted for a 3-hour period on 15 April 1999 over the tropical Atlantic (east of Barbados). The satellite scanned this sector at 1-minute intervals during portions of this time period.