The shortwave infrared channels on the GOES-13 sounder have displayed increasing amounts of noise over the past months. The multi-channel display, above, shows distinct noise in the channels at 4.57 µm, 4.53 µm, 4.45 µm and 4.13 µm. Animations of the GOES-13/GOES-15 imagery from AWIPS shows that the noise is... Read More

As a part of the GOES-14 Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) testing, the satellite provided full-disk images at 30-minute intervals during the day on 14 September 2012. For current GOES satellites, the operational full-disk image interval is 3 hours; the ABI instrument on GOES-R will... Read More

Tornadoes touched down on Long Island within the confines of New York City on September 8th, 2012. This image shows the terminal radar velocities from Newark associated with the two touch downs. This google map link shows both Canarsie and Breezy Point on a map of eastern Long Island.The GOES-15 image above, from... Read More

McIDAS images of 0.63 µm visible channel and 3.9 µm shortwave IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed a large wildfire that was growing quickly across western Nebraska on 01 September 2012. The GOES-14 satellite was being operated in Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) mode, providing images... Read More