The GOES-11 (GOES-West) satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode on 10 September 2008, allowing imagery at 1-minute intervals to monitor Hurricane Ike in the Gulf of Mexico. Using the visible channel imagery (above; Read More

Jason Dunion (formerly at CIMSS, now at the NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division) penned an excellent summary of the utility of the CIMSS Environmental Steering (or Deep Layer Mean Wind) product that is available on the Read More

Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) images of the GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel (above) showed some interesting evolution of Tropical Storm Hanna on 05 September 2008. Strong bursts of convection were seen to develop near the center of Hanna, with periods of cloud top temperatures colder than -80º C (purple colors).A... Read More

Hurricane Ike intensified into a  Category 4 storm late in the day on 03 September 2008. A comparison of GOES-12 10.7 µm IR and SSM/IS 85 GHz microwave images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) showed a... Read More