A selection of several GOES ABI loops during 2022 showcased the diverse range of features observed, which included volcanic ash plumes, hurricanes, convection, fog, smoke, fires, dust and ice. It’s very hard to choose just one event from every month of the year, but the goal here is to show a variety of phenomena and locations that NOAA‘s GOES... Read More

Scientists at CIMSS are putting a test version of the CSPP Geosphere site through its paces. The new version includes Level 2 products (Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Pressure; both can be displayed using geo2grid software) — at full ABI resolution. The True-Color animation above shows Tropical Storms Phillipe and Rina... Read More

GOES-18 (GOES-West) SO2 RGB, Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Fire Power derived product images (above) showed the SO2 plume and thermal signature of an eruption of Kilauea that began at 4:44 AM HST or 1444 UTC on 07 June 2023. As of 1451 UTC (only 7 minutes after the onset of the... Read More

There are different RGBs available to monitor volcanic signatures within a cloud, and three common ones are shown above. The Dust RGB and the Ash RGB use identical channels/channel differences that are scaled differently. All three RGBs (here is the The SO2 RGB Quick Guide) include Band 11 information; Band 11 detects radiation... Read More