North (and South) American Satellite Imagery (Page 1c)

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High Resolution Area Images from NASA/GSFC

The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Images are mainly the top resolution images that come in on the GOES feed. They mainly cover small areas, and the images had map lines, which have now been replaced by external map files, so they are generally good images with the problem that it is hard to see what is where. They are often the best images for getting good images of small systems such as hurricanes. The problem is, the images are in TIFF format, which makes them difficult to view. A good Windows viewer is Paint Shop Pro 3.11, or the slightly smaller Version 3.0. There is also Version 4.14 for Windows NT/95, which I have not yet tried. Sounder images are also available from GSFC (in the sounder subdirectory for each satellite). I am trying to find more information about the different sounder channels. The Archive runs back a few days. Channel Information is below.

• Maps of the image sectors
• GOES-EAST Images - these include the Sounder Images.
• GOES-WEST Images - these include the Sounder Images.

WeatherNet4 Interactive Visible Satellite Images

These images are from the interactive viewer at NBC4's weather site. They seem to be based on the images from NASA/GSFC.

• Full Earth, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• New England, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Chesapeake, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Florida, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Great Lakes, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Iowa, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Gulf Coast, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Oklahoma, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Colorado, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• NorthWest, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• California, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Baja California, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Mexico South, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Nicaragua, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Hispañola, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center
• Aruba, zoomed on: Lower Left, Lower Right, Upper Right, Upper Left, Center

NOAA Geostationary Satellite Server

• GOES-8 (EAST) Full Disk: Visible, Infrared
• GOES-10 (WEST) Full Disk: Visible, Infrared
• Northern Hemisphere GOES Composite: Visible, Infrared, Water Vapor
• East CONUS (Continental US)
  • Infrared, MPEG Animation
  • Visible, MPEG Animation
  • Water Vapor, MPEG Animation
• West CONUS (Continental US)
  • Infrared, MPEG Animation
  • Visible, MPEG Animation
  • Water Vapor, MPEG Animation
• Puerto Rico: Infrared, Visible, Water Vapor
• Alaska: Infrared, Visible, Water Vapor
• Hawaii Infrared, Visible, Water Vapor
• Storm Floater Sector: Visible, IR Channel 2, IR Channel 3, IR Channel 4, IR Channel 5
• Hurricane Sector: Visible, Infrared, Water Vapor
• Coastwatch Images - Eastern Coasts
• GOES-8 Archive
• GOES-9 Archive
• GOES-10 Archive

Environment Canada Images

These images show rather good views of North America and the world. The full disk images are updated every three hours, and the others are updated every hour. The MPEG animations cover the last 48 images, and are very good for seeing the general motions of the atmosphere, especially the global (full disk) animation, since they move very fast, but not very good at specific weather features.

• GOES-8 (EAST)
  • Full Disk
    • Infrared: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
    • Visible: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
  • Eastern Canada (includes most of Eastern USA)
    • Infrared: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
    • Visible: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
  • Eastern North America
    • Infrared: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
    • Visible: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
• GOES-9
  • Full Disk
    • Infrared: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
    • Visible: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
  • Western Canada (includes most of Eastern USA)
    • Infrared: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
    • Visible: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
  • Western North America
    • Infrared: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation
    • Visible: Large, Small, Small Animation, Large Animation

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