{"id":36971,"date":"2020-09-14T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=36971"},"modified":"2020-09-14T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:07:38","slug":"hurricane-gilbert-1988-as-seen-by-goes-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/36971","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Gilbert: 1988 as seen by GOES-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Hurricane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/outreach\/history\/#gilbert\">Gilbert<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/data\/tracks\/tracks-at-1988.png\">1988<\/a>) is one of the most intense Atlantic-basin hurricane on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Gilbert\">record<\/a>. NOAA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GOES_7\">GOES-7<\/a> offer both visible and infrared views of the storm. These images are from the VISSR mode. What is unique about the view from the geostationary orbit, is that it allows both large \/ synoptic scale views as well as finer (mesoscale) views.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Visible band<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/GILBERT_VIS_loop_1988254_103100_1988262_003100.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_VIS_B1_1988257_210100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00141.GIF\" alt=\"Visible\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-7 Visible images from September 10-17, 1988. [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/GILBERT_VIS_loop_1988254_103100_1988262_003100.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>A week-long visible loop of the Hurricane Gilbert as it moves across the Caribbean and through the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Florence_(1988)\">Florence<\/a> can also be seen near Louisiana, early in the animation.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM_VIS_loop_1988256_110100_1988258_233100.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM_VIS_B1_1988257_210100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00060.GIF\" alt=\"Gilbert. GOES-7 Visible\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-7 Visible images from September 12-15, 1988. [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM_VIS_loop_1988256_110100_1988258_233100.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>A GOES-7 visible loop over the time period of maximum intensity.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM2_VIS_loop_1988257_103100_1988258_000100.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM2_VIS_B1_1988257_213100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00022.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-7\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-7 Visible images from September 13, 1988. [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM2_VIS_loop_1988257_103100_1988258_000100.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>The highest spatial resolution visible GOES-17 imagery of Hurricane Gilbert. Note the horizontal striping due to the photo-multipler tube technology that was then used.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Infrared window band<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbanil\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT__IR_loop_1988254_120100_1988262_003100.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/GILBERT__IR_B8_1988257_180100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00155.GIF\" alt=\"IR\" width=\"633\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-7 IR images from September 10-18, 1988. [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT__IR_loop_1988254_120100_1988262_003100.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>Above is a &#8220;large-scale&#8221; view of the GOES-7 infrared longwave window band covering September 10-18, 1988. Tropical Storm <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hurricane_Florence_(1988)\">Florence<\/a> can also be seen near Louisiana, early in the animation.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>A more &#8220;zoomed in&#8221; view:<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM__IR_loop_1988256_110100_1988258_233100.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM__IR_B8_1988257_210100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00065.GIF\" alt=\"IR\" width=\"641\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-7 IR images from September 12-14, 1988. [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM__IR_loop_1988256_110100_1988258_233100.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>All the IR images have been color-enhanced to highlight the coldest temperatures.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Visible and Infrared window bands<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/FD_GOES-7_SANDWICH_MED_SML_NOMAP_13-Sep-1988_2101_UTC_1024x1024.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/FD_GOES-7_SANDWICH_MED_SML_NOMAP_13-Sep-1988_2101_UTC_1024x1024.JPG\" alt=\"GOES-7 Full Disk\" width=\"635\" height=\"635\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-7 combined visible and infrared full disk image from September 13, 1988. [<em>Click to enlarge.<\/em>]<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>A much<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/FD_GOES-7_SANDWICH_MED_BIG_NOMAP_13-Sep-1988_2101_UTC.JPG\"> larger<\/a> file (<em>18 MB<\/em>) of the same day\/time as above. This is a combined image, with the visible band, along with the cold pixels from the infrared band (color).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<div\n\t\tclass=\"ssec_slider_juxtapose\"\n\t\tid=\"ssec_slider_juxtapose_206375398\"\n\t\tdata-left-src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM_VIS_B1_1988257_210100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00060.gif\"\n\t\tdata-left-label=\"GOES-7 Visible \"\n\t\tdata-right-src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM__IR_B8_1988257_210100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00065.gif\"\n\t\tdata-right-label=\"GOES-7 Infared\"\n\t\tdata-width=\"1280\"\n\t\tdata-height=\"960\"\n\t\tdata-left-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM_VIS_B1_1988257_210100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00060.gif\"\n\t\tdata-right-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/CLEAN_GILBERT_ZOOM__IR_B8_1988257_210100_GOES-7_0001PANEL_FRAME00065.gif\">\n\t<span class=\"ssec_slider_juxtapose_fullscreen_button\">\n\t\t<span class=\"fullscreen-icon\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t<polyline class=\"fill\" points=\"6,6 5.9,2 4.9,3 2.9,1 1,2.9 3,4.9 2,5.9\"\n\t\t\t\t\t  transform=\"translate(6,6)\"><\/polyline>\n\t\t\t<polyline class=\"fill\" points=\"6,6 5.9,2 4.9,3 2.9,1 1,2.9 3,4.9 2,5.9\"\n\t\t\t\t\t  transform=\"translate(6,6) rotate(90)\"><\/polyline>\n\t\t\t<polyline class=\"fill\" points=\"6,6 5.9,2 4.9,3 2.9,1 1,2.9 3,4.9 2,5.9\"\n\t\t\t\t\t  transform=\"translate(6,6) rotate(180)\"><\/polyline>\n\t\t\t<polyline class=\"fill\" points=\"6,6 5.9,2 4.9,3 2.9,1 1,2.9 3,4.9 2,5.9\"\n\t\t\t\t\t  transform=\"translate(6,6) rotate(270)\"><\/polyline>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Swipe between GOES-7 Visible and Infrared bands.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2019\/09\/gilbert_vis_ir_fader.html\">Fade<\/a> between GOES-7 Visible and Infrared bands. (Using this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/hanis\/fadewipe\/index.html\">software<\/a>.)<\/p>\r\n<p>NOAA GOES-7 data are via the University of Wisconsin-Madison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/\">SSEC Satellite Data Services<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Gilbert (1988) is one of the most intense Atlantic-basin hurricane on record. NOAA&#8217;s GOES-7 offer both visible and infrared views of the storm. These images are from the VISSR mode. What is unique about the view from the geostationary orbit, is that it allows both large \/ synoptic scale views as well as finer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":37695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,54,41,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interpretation","category-goes-7","category-historical","category-tropical-cyclones"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36971"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37591,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36971\/revisions\/37591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}