Access to SSEC’s Data Center allows for some serious “data crunching” with the full record of GOES-17 ABI data. In Figure 1 below, GOES-17 Band 13 Full Disk brightness temperatures have been averaged for each month in 2021. These fields of averaged brightness temperature are useful for assisting forecasters in... Read More
The CSPP Geosphere website has recently been upgraded. CSPP Geosphere uses data from the GOES Re-Broadcast (GRB) data stream Those data are processed on an on-site Kubernetes cluster that produces full-resolution GOES-East/GOES-West images that are quickly and fluidly zoomable and pannable. In addition, recent software and hardware upgrades mean that processing... Read More
GOES-17 captured ash blowing off Mount St. Helens in Washington State, which erupted over forty years ago. The blowing debris can be seen from the GOES-17 ABI in this true color animation from 13:00 UTC to 16:50 UTC on 8-3-2022. ... Read More
Beginning at 1713 UTC on 01 August 2022, GOES-18 began serving as GOES-West during an operational interleave period — so GOES-18 imagery routinely became available in AWIPS. Examples of GOES-18 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images from a combination of the Alaska, Pacific-US (PACUS) and Hawai`i Sectors are... Read More
