** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **A daytime comparison of GOES-16 ABI “Blue” Visible (0.47 µm), “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above; also available as an MP4 animation) displayed the smoke plume and “hot spots” (black to yellow to... Read More
** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **To commemorate Earth Day 2017, Full Disk images using all 16 spectral bands on the GOES-16 ABI instrument at 17:25:22 UTC on 22 April are displayed above. One feature that was prominent in most... Read More
** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **GOES-16 was operated in “Mode 4” on 21 April 2017 — this scanning strategy provides Full Disk images every 5 minutes (the current routine scan schedule for GOES-15 and GOES-13 only provides one Full... Read More
** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **A comparison of GOES-16 Visible (0.64 um) and Infrared Window (10.3 um) images (above) showed the development of Tropical Storm Arlene in the Atlantic Ocean on 20 April 2017. Arlene has been one of only two... Read More
