The CIMSS Realtime GOES-12 Page
Note: This page is now a static (historical) example of the typical displays available near the end of the GOES-12 realtime testing period in mid-December 2001.
...for the GOES-12 "checkout and science test period" during the fall of 2001...
(Animate this!)
Credits. Unless otherwise noted, all satellite data are provided by the
Data Center at the
Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) of the
University of Wisconsin - Madison and are displayed using
McIDAS, the Man computer Interactive Data Access System.
Disclaimer. The products from GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) shown here are
experimental. These are generated and maintained within a research
environment (here at CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies)) and are not intended to be considered operational. Timeliness,
availability, and accuracy are sought but not guaranteed.
GOES-12 Derived Products: Precipitable Water
| Lifted Index | Cloud Top Pressure
Individual GOES-12 Sounder Bands: Multi-Panel Display
Interactive animation of all bands, toggling between GOES-12 and GOES-8
For the lastest status of the operational GOES satellites, please check the NOAA Satellite Information System web page (NOAASIS). Outages may be predictable, as scheduled during eclipse situations and for maneuvers; or, they may be impromptu, as during periods of hardware or software abnormalities.
This display of the total precipitable water vapor (PW) as
derived from the GOES-12 Sounder is provided each hour, matching the similar
display from the "operational" GOES-8 Sounder. For more
description of the GOES Sounder PW DPI as well as longer animations from
GOES-8 and GOES-10, see the
PW section
of the CIMSS Realtime GOES Page.
24-hour java animation of GOES-12 Sounder PW DPI
Shorter 4-hour animation
Comparison of GOES-12 PW DPI with GOES-8 for last hour
GIF Images for 14 Dec 2001
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GIF Images for 13 Dec 2001
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This display of the lifted index (LI) stability as
derived from the GOES-12 Sounder is provided each hour, matching the similar
display from the "operational" GOES-8 Sounder. For more
description of the GOES Sounder LI DPI as well as longer animations from
GOES-8 and GOES-10, see the
LI section
of the CIMSS Realtime GOES Page.
24-hour java animation of GOES-12 Sounder LI DPI
Shorter 4-hour animation
Comparison of GOES-12 LI DPI with GOES-8 for last hour
GIF Images for 14 Dec 2001
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GIF Images for 13 Dec 2001
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This display of the cloud top pressure (CTP) as
derived from the GOES-12 Sounder is provided each hour, being similar to
displays from the "operational" GOES-8 and GOES-10 Sounders. For more
description of the GOES Sounder CTP DPI, see the
CTP section
of the CIMSS Realtime GOES Page.
24-hour java animation of GOES-12 Sounder CTP DPI
Shorter 4-hour animation
Comparison of GOES-12 CTP DPI with GOES-8/10 for last hour
GIF Images for 14 Dec 2001
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GIF Images for 13 Dec 2001
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Each of the 19 different spectral channels from the GOES-12 Sounder is presented in a multi-panel format. Channel 1 is shown in panel 1, starting in the upper left, with subsequently numbered channels following across rows and then down columns. The domain covers only the central and eastern US as seen from GOES-12 (a map has been added to panel 1). A single color enhancement is applied to all the 18 infrared channels, while the visible (channel 19) is shown in shades of gray. Diurnal (24 hour) animation loops further provide the viewer with the temporal nature of the everchanging atmosphere, enhancing the spatial and spectral characteristics presented in the imagery from any individual time period.
Note that the imagery has been re-mapped to a Mercator projection which permits the exact comparison with a similarly re-mapped set of all channels from the GOES-8 Sounder (for the last available hour).
For more detailed information on the GOES Sounder spectral characteristics as well as the current displays of all channels from GOES-8, see the
all Sounder bands section of the CIMSS Realtime GOES Page.
24-hour java animation of all GOES-12 Sounder channels (20-panel display)
Shorter 4-hour animation
Interactive animation of all bands, toggling between GOES-12 and GOES-8
GIF Images for 14 Dec 2001
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GIF Images for 13 Dec 2001
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The majority of routine GOES-12 products derived at CIMSS, and the displays
thereof, (including vertical atmospheric profiles and cloud information from
the GOES Sounder data) are generated on a unix machine named "vern",
which is an IBM J40 computer (of the RISC System/6000 series).
Please refer questions to the GOES Webmasters
Return to:
CIMSS (University of Wisconsin) or
ASPT (NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ARAD).
Last update was 03 Oct 2001.