GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images (above) and 0.63 µm visible images (below) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site showed Hurricane Earl after the storm reached Category 1 intensity on 29 August 2010. A Central Dense Overcast (CDO) could be seen developing in the images as Earl approached the Leeward Islands.A comparison of... Read More
The infrared imagery from Friday morning, 27 August, shows three separate tropical systems — in various stages of development — over the Atlantic Ocean, with a fourth system poised to move out into the tropical Atlantic from Africa. Meteosat imagery shows a fifth system moving westward over central Africa (These images... Read More
As part of its NOAA post Launch Science Test, the GOES-15 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode on 24 August 2010, providing images at 1-minute intervals to monitor Hurricane Danielle. McIDAS images of GOES-15... Read More
The normal operational GOES scan schedule provides one full disk image every 3 hours — but as part of the GOES-15 NOAA Science Test, the GOES-15 satellite was placed into a mode which allowed one full disk image to be scanned every 30 minutes. McIDAS images of GOES-15 6.5 µm “water vapor channel”... Read More
