Earth Day 2013
Global composite of geostationary IR images at 12:00 UTC (click image to play animation)
In honor of Earth Day, we offer a glimpse of the cloud cover across the planet, using a rotating global composite of geostationary IR images (data from the GOES-East, GOES-West, Meteosat, and MTSAT satellites) at 12:00 UTC on 22 April 2013 (above; click image to play animation). The most recent rotating global IR composite (updated every 3 hours) can be seen here.
Global composite of IR imagery, land surface temperature, and sea surface temperature (click image for most recent animation)
Other global satellite image composites created at SSEC include IR, surface air temperature, and sea surface temperature (above; click image for most recent animation) and water vapor channel imagery (below; click image for most recent animation).
Global composite of water vapor imagery (click image for most recent animation)