1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed the passage of a total solar eclipse shadow across parts of Chile and Argentina, along with the land surface thermal response due to the interruption of incoming solar radiation. In areas... Read More

https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/Himaw08G17Stereo_ABI_RadF_064_20201213_2100_to_20201214_0550_YasaStereoanim.mp4 GOES-17 (left) and Himawari-8 (right) visible (0.64 µm) imagery over Fiji, 2100 UTC on 13 December through 0500 UTC on 14 December (Click to animate)An active area of tropical weather has spawned two tropical cyclones that bracketed the islands of Fiji early on 14 December. Himawari-8 (data courtesy... Read More