Radio Frequency Interference affecting GOES-16/GOES-18
GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window images, from 1650-1730 UTC on 01-06 March [click to play animated GIF | MP4]
During the Spring of 2024, Full Disk images showed that the time of maximum RFI signal loss was 1700 UTC on 01-05 March for GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above), and 2140 UTC on 02-05 March for GOES-18 (GOES-West) (below).
GOES-18 “Clean” Infrared Window images, from 2130-2150 UTC on 02-06 March [click to play animated GIF | MP4]