A comparison of GOES-11 6.7µm and GOES-13 6.5µm “water vapor channel” images from 23 September 2008 (above) highlights two important changes to the GOES-13 satellite: the spatial resolution of the GOES-13 water vapor channel imagery has been improved to 4km (compared to... Read More
Blog reader Michael Lawson wrote:Hi, I am a meteorologist working with Meridian Environmental Technology in Grand Forks, ND. A co-worker noticed a gravity wave feature in the visible over northern Indiana/northwest Ohio during the afternoon of September 15, 2008. Clouds moving into the feature would dissipate then reform once they... Read More
Hurricane Ike (satellite montage) made landfall as a Category 2 storm during the early hours of 13 September 2008. The comparison of GOES-12 and GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images (above)... Read More
Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) images of the GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel (above) showed some interesting evolution of Tropical Storm Hanna on 05 September 2008. Strong bursts of convection were seen to develop near the center of Hanna, with periods of cloud top temperatures colder than -80º C (purple colors).A... Read More
