The GOES-13 satellite was brought out of on-orbit storage on 27 January 2010 — and a comparison of the 19 channels of the sounder instrument on GOES-12 and GOES-13 (above) shows an improvement in the noise characteristics that were beginning to plague the GOES-12 sounder in late 2009.The imager instruments on GOES-12 (above) and GOES-13 (below)... Read More