On 12 December 2006 (Day 6 of the GOES-13 post-launch NOAA Science Test), the GOES-13 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode, providing images at 30-second intervals for the entire day. A 200-image QuickTime animation of visible imagery (above) shows the development of convection along an advancing cold frontal boundary during the... Read More

As a part of the GOES-13 post-launch NOAA Science Test, the satellite provided continuous “full disk” images every 30 minutes for 2 consecutive days (09-10 December 2006); the current operational GOES full disk imaging interval is only once every 3 hours, but the Advanced Baseline Imager on GOES-R will provide full disk scans every 15... Read More

On 08 December 2006 (Day 2 of the GOES-13 post-launch NOAA Science Test), 3.9µm shortwave IR images from GOES-13 and GOES-12 (above) revealed several “hot spots” (black enhancement) due to fire activity (Read More

During Day 2 (08 December 2006) of the GOES-13 post-launch NOAA science test, a cold and dry air mass was moving eastward over the southern Great Lakes region; “water vapor channel” images from the GOES-13 and... Read More