geo2grid (see this recent blog post) is a handy software package that allows anyone to create useful satellite imagery. Recent blog posts that document how to use geo2grid have shown visible or red-green-blue (RGB) composites. Individual infrared bands can also provide useful information, and this blog posts describes how you can create infrared imagery... Read More
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/06/GOES-16_ABI_airmass_20200602_1400_to_20200603_1640anim.mp4GOES-16 Airmass RGB, 1400 UTC on 2 June 2020 to 1640 UTC on 3 June 2020Severe weather occurred over the upper Midwest on 2 June 2020, and a derecho occurred over the mid-Atlantic States on 3 June 2020. These two events were linked, and the animation above shows the system moving and redeveloping from Minnesota on 2 June 202 eastward to Pennsylvania on 3 June 2020. How was... Read More
An ABI hot (bright) spot is not a fire when it’s a fleet of solar farms. For example, recall the CIMSS Satellite Blog entry regarding solar farms in California. Note how some reflections are so bright that the ABI reports dark surrounding pixels. This is part of the remapping process from detector to pixel... Read More
The NOAA Storm Prediction Center’s Convective Outlook (graphic) from 1630 UTC 23 May 2020 shows an enhanced risk of Severe Thunderstorms in northern Illinois with a sharp cutoff in probabilities to the north in southern Wisconsin. The imagery above shows the GOES-16 ABI Band 2 (0.64 µm) visible imagery (click... Read More
