A comparison of GOES-12 and GOES-13 visible channel images (Java animation) centered over northeastern Minnesota on 25 December 2006 shows the improvement in navigation... Read More

Another example of detection of surface features on “water vapor channel” imagery was apparent on 18 December 2006. In this particular case, the “surface” was the high terrain of the Absaroka Range, Wind River Range, and Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming (all... Read More

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