Suomi Virtual Museum Alcove on Weather Satellites. Here's the 'real basics' in interpreting satellite images.

CIMSS MODIS Cloud Mask

CIMSS weather stuff

GOES sounder bands

Information on the GOES Imager

GOES Gallery at CIMSS

Weighting function

Satellite IR 1

Satellite IR 2

Satellite Visible

Here are some hyperlinks you might find useful.

University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-MSN)

UW-MSN Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic (AOS)

Cooperative Institude for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)

UW-MSN Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration (NASA)