The Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) has released its first true-color image created with data from the AMI sensor on the GEOKOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) satellite that was launched in late 2018.   This first image from GK2A is experimental and preliminary, just like the initial images from Himawari-8,  -9, GOES-16 and GOES-17 were... Read More

JMA Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.7 µm) and Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed the development of a pyroCumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud from a bushfire that was burning in the eucalypt forests of eastern Victoria, Australia on 25 January 2019. A rapid-scan “Target” sector was positioned over... Read More

GOES-17 Data in this post are preliminary and non-operational. The toggle above shows clean window imagery from the Advanced Himawari Imager (Band 13, 10.41 µm) on Himawari-8 (data courtesy JMA) and clean window imagery from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI, Band 13, 10.3 µm) on GOES-17 (GOES-17 data are... Read More

A partial solar eclipse occurred on 06 January 2019 (UTC) — and JMA Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed the shadow moving eastward across parts of Asia and the North Pacific Ocean.Although it was less obvious, the shadow was also evident on GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images as it moved... Read More