About this blog

The intent of this blog is to serve as an easily-searchable (by Category, Date or Keyword) library of meteorological cases from 2006 to present, showcasing a variety of satellite images and products that are available to (and/or created by) scientists and researchers at NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) located at the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC). Interesting and/or educational satellite images that are relevant to current/recent weather events (or commemorating notable historic events) will be featured, along with other pertinent information to provide some meteorological context. This blog replaces the CIMSS GOES Gallery, which was a less comprehensive collection of events from 1994-2006.

The images and animations found on this blog are in the public domain, and free to use — however, if you choose to use them for media or publications, we ask that you credit CIMSS / University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The majority of the satellite images posted on this blog are created using one or more of the following sources:

1. SSEC Satellite Data Services, processed using McIDAS
2. AWIPS workstations at CIMSS
3. The SSEC MODIS Direct Broadcast, SSEC MODIS Today and VIIRS Today sites
4. The CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site
5. SSEC RealEarth
6. Geo2Grid

Most of the image animations posted are in the Animated GIF and/or MP4 formats; in some earlier cases, either the Java applet AniS, YouTube, or QuickTime was used for some of the longer — and larger file size — animations (see additional information on the Java and QuickTime animations).

Funding for work on the CIMSS Satellite Blog includes projects such as VISIT, SHyMet, and the GOES-R Proving Ground.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the CIMSS Satellite Blog, feel free to send us email.

You can also follow @CIMSS_Satellite and @UWCIMSS on Twitter, for other examples of satellite imagery that might not necessarily get posted on this blog.