5-minute CONUS Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images + Nighttime Microphysics RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed large smoke plumes produced by 2 wind-driven grass fires in central Nebraska (just north of North Platte) on 26 February 2024. The burn scar associated with the larger (southernmost) fire was very apparent, as... Read More

The GXS is the sounder that is proposed to be part of the GeoXO constellation of satellites that will launch starting in the 2030s as a replacement to the GOES-R satellites. (Note: GOES-U is now scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-May 2024). Beyond the GXS uses of radiance assimilation... Read More