As noted here, an updated version of geo2grid is being prepared at CIMSS. As part of that upgrade, support for some level 2 products will be included. For example, the image above — of cloud-top height — was created using the following set of geo2grid (a beta version that this... Read More

By animating daily NOAA GOES-17 ABI Full Disk true color imagery, how the Earth is illuminated over time can be seen. For example, the minimum in incoming solar radiation in the Northern Hemisphere associated with the Winter Solstice. For details, see “What is a Solstice?” by SciJinks. Or this NOAA https://www.noaa.gov/education/news/share-your-solstice-sunset-with-noaa-education post. 14 UTC... Read More

The southeastern 2/3 of Iowa received precipitation during the 24 to 48 hours preceding 12 UTC on 19 March 2022 — and GOES-16 (GOES-East) Day Snow-Fog RGB images (above) showed (1) a signature of the resultant moist soil (darker shades of green) across central and southeastern Iowa, along with (2) isolated patches of fresh snow... Read More

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) maintains a website that has imagery in various sectors under Himawari-8’s gaze. This blog post will describe how to automatically access those data. This is useful if you want to create and maintain a long archive of imagery. The front page of the website is... Read More