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
A weak, isolated tornado developed in southwestern Minnesota during the afternoon of 11 August 2010. GOES-15 imagery, above, shows the development of modest cumulus convection that spawned the tornado. The 5-minute time-step in the imagery is similar to that that will be available routinely from the ABI on GOES-R; the loop was taken... Read More
July 2010 marks the 4 year anniversary of the point when CIMSSÂ first began to provide MODIS images and products to National Weather Service (NWS) users in an AWIPS format. These MODIS images and products are available for interested NWS offices to add to their local AWIPS workstations via Unidata LDM subscription. A... Read More
How can satellite data be used to focus one’s attention to the relevant portion of an airmass when isolated convection is developing? That was a salient question late in the day on 16 July when a few convective cells developed over the upper midwest. Visible imagery (above) shows the development... Read More
