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Changes to Full Disk GOES-16 imagery in AWIPS

By Scott Bachmeier •

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

After 1800 UTC on 01 December 2022, changes were made to Full Disk GOES-16 (GOES-East) imagery that is distributed via the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) for AWIPS users (see the bottom section of this TOWR-S Communications). One change was the increase in spatial resolution of the ABI Band 13 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) data from 6 km to the native 2 km (at satellite nadir) — as shown in an animation of imagery in the vicinity of a low pressure system located over northern Quebec, Canada (above). A toggle between those “before” (1800 UTC) and “after” (1810 UTC) images is available here.

GOES-16 Infrared imagery in the tropics (below) displayed convection along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the East Pacific Ocean. A toggle between those “before” and “after” images is available here.

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

Another GOES-16 Infrared example centered over southern British Columbia, Canada is shown below. A toggle between those “before” and “after” images is available here.

GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (credit: Tim Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ASPB) [click to enlarge]

One other important change is that “Full Disk” imagery will only cover the Northern Hemisphere, as shown in an animation of GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images (below).

GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images [click to play animated GIF | MP4]

Categories: GOES-16