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Category: GOES sounder

Stratus cloud deck over snow pack

An extensive deck of stratus cloud was evident across much of northern Minnesota and adjacent portions of the Dakotas and Wisconsin during the daytime hours on 08 March 2007. An AWIPS 4-panel display of MODIS imagery (above) shows how different this cloud feature appeared in the various channels. The stratus... Read More

Changes to GOES-10 Sounder scanning strategy

On 18 February 2007 NOAA/NESDIS/OSO implemented a new schedule for GOES-10 sounder scans during house-keeping periods. The previous sounder schedule had spatial gaps between the hourly scan sectors (above), while the new sounder schedule allows for continuous north-to-south coverage of the entire South American continent (below), while... Read More