Explore the effect of time and space resolution

Fog GOES-16 Visible (0.64um) Imagery Vicinity of WA and Vancouver Is., BC (the Strait of Juan de Fuca)

Explore the effects that time and spatial resolutions can have when interpreting satellite images!

Changeable imagery GOES-16 (temporal) imagery

Note the fluid nature of the fog flowing through the Strait of Juan de Fuca. (Hint: use the + Pause button)

Controls:

- Res decreases the resolution; that is, fewer pixels cover the same geographic region, providing less detail.
+ Res increases the resolution; that is, more pixels cover the same geographic region, providing more detail.
- Time decreases the time interval between images, in effect providing images more often.
+ Time increases the time interval between images, thus providing images less often.
Reset resets the resolution and time increments to the default values.
Pause/Loop will stop and start the animation (looping).
< Step steps one time step backward (this will stop the animation if it is running)
> Step steps one time step forward (stopping the animation if it is running)

Main GOES-16 'explore the effects of time and space' web page Note that these images are from the pre-operational testing phase of the GOES-16 ABI instrument.