Weather Satellite/Radar Images
       GOES-East 
       ![]() 75 West Long.Images are taken at 15 & 45 min past each hour | 
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Images via   @ University of Wisconsin-Madison1024x900 B&W 30~67K JPEGs  | 
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|      Ch 1 - Visible: 0.52-0.72 um  | 
          Ch 2 - Infrared: 3.78-4.03 um  | 
          Ch 3 - Water Vapor: 6.47-7.02 um  | 
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| LOOP OF CURRENT EASTERN US SECTOR IMAGERY ~250K MPEG @  NOAA This MPEG movie contains the most recent 10 half hourly images of the East CONUS sector.  | 
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| East Coast VISIBLE MPEG Loop | East Coast IR MPEG Loop | East Coast WATER VAPOR MPEG Loop | |||
Images via ![]()  | 
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| Full Disk 746x703 ~150K updated every 3 hrs | G12 Vis 0.65um | G12 IR3 6.75um | G12 IR4 10.70um | ||
| Northern Hemisphere 806x918 ~60K | G12 Vis 0.65um | G12 IR2 3.90um | G12 IR3 6.75um | G12 IR4 10.70um | G12 IR5 13.30um | 
| Continental US (CONUS) 1781x506 (Squished) ~150K | G8 Vis 0.65um | G8 IR2 3.90um | G8 IR3 6.75um | G8 IR4 10.70um | G8 IR5 12.00um | 
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| East/West North America | IR/Topo 900x700 JPEG | IR 10.7um 900x700 JPEG | Vis/Topo 900x700 JPEG | IR/VIS 900x700 JPEG | |
| Eastern Canada | IR 10.7 um 1024^2 JPEG | Vis 1024^2 JPEG | IR/VIS 1024^2 JPEG | ||
| North and South America | Visible | IR 1024^2 JPEG | Vis 1024^2 JPEG | IR/VIS 1024^2 | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Eastern Canada | IR 10.7 micron | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Eastern North America | IR 10.7 micron | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| North and South America | IR 10.7 micron | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Full-Disk Images @ NRL Monterey | 
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| GOES-8 CONUS-East with Color Overlay @ GSFC | |||||
	GOES-West 
        ![]() 135 West Long.Images are taken at 01 & 31 min past each hour | 
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Images via   @ University of Wisconsin-Madison1024x900 B&W ~630K GIFs  | 
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|       Ch 1 - Visible: 0.52 - 0.72 um  | 
          Ch 2 - Infrared: 3.78 - 4.03 um  | 
          Ch 3 - Water Vapor: 6.47 - 7.02 um  | 
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| Loops of current western US sector imagery (~250K MPEG)@ NOAA This MPEG movie contains the most recent 10 half hourly images of the WCONUS sector.  | 
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| West Coast Visible MPEG Loop | West Coast IR MPEG Loop | West Coast WATER VAPOR MPEG Loop | |||
Images via ![]()  | 
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| Full Disk 1042x928 ~150K updated every 3 hrs | G10 Vis 0.65um | G10 IR3 6.75um | G10 IR4 10.70um | ||
| Northern Hemisphere 1135x663 ~70K | G10 Vis 0.65um | G10 IR2 3.90um | G10 IR3 6.75um | G10 IR4 10.70um | G10 IR5 12.00um | 
| Pacific/US (PACUS) 1324x642 (Squished) ~90K | G10 Vis 0.65um | G10 IR2 3.90um | G10 IR3 6.75um | G10 IR4 10.70um | G10 IR5 12.00um | 
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| Western Canada | Visible | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Western North America | Visible | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Pacific North and South America | Visible | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Western Canada | IR 10.7 micron | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Western North America | IR 10.7 micron | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Pacific North and South America | IR 10.7 micron | Full size 1024^2 JPEG | 1/2 size 512^2 JPEG | Full size MPEG | 1/2 size MPEG | 
| Full-Disk Images @ NRL Monterey | 
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| FullDisk_Animator @  Naval Research Lab | 
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| GOES West with Color Overlay @ GSFC | |||||
       GMS 
       ![]() 140 East Long. | 
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Meteosat 
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        Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite GOMS-1 
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       Moscow PlanetA (GOMS-1)  Russian WX Satellite   [not updated currently] (GOMS-1) Full Disk Images Russian WX Satellite [not updated currently] (GOMS-1) Full Disk IR Image @ U of Nottingham, UK [not updated currently]  | 
  
        Meteosat-5 
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      Full Disk INDOEX Vis ,
      IR  @  NOAA GSS INDOEX IR Meteosat-5 @ 63E. copyright c 2003 EUMETSAT INDOEX Vis, IR, WV at Dundee University free registration req.  | 
  
        Geostationary Chinese Satellite         | 
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      FY-2 transmissions are limited to these approximate times: 0300, 0400, 0500, 0600, 0700, 0800Z National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC) China 
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        Geostationary India Satellite
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Full Disk: Vis (0.47-0.70 micron) IR (10.5-12.5 micron) Vis/IR Color Composite 512x550 jpeg 
India:  | 
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       GOES-11 (Central/Spare) 
       ![]() 104 West Long.In 'On orbit' storage, no images sent since Aug 14, 2000 at end of checkout. | 
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| Test Images updated every 30 minutes |         G11 Vis 0.65um | 
            G11 IR2 3.90um | 
            G11 IR3 6.75um | 
            G11 IR4 10.70um | 
            G11 IR5 12.00um | 
  
       GOES-12 (Central/Spare) 
       ![]() 104 West Long.GOES-12 will replace GOES-8 and become the new operational GOES-East satellite on March 31, 2003. | 
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| Test Images updated every 30 minutes |         G12 Vis 0.65um | 
            G12 IR2 3.90um | 
            G12 IR3 6.75um | 
            G12 IR4 10.70um | 
            G12 IR5 12.00um | 
  
        All together now... GMS, GOES and Meteosat 
         
         
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         Superpolar IR Composite 768x480 ~368K GIF by WSI @  intellicast Mollweide IR 640x350 ~115k GIF @ UW-SSEC Mollweide WV 640x350 ~90k GIF @ UW-SSEC Mollweide IR/Topography 640x480 ~70K GIF @ UNIDATA/UCAR Mollweide land/sea temp/cloud 7 day MPEG movie ~1M frame every 3 hrs @ UW-SSEC Current lo-res spinning Globe MPEG movie ~2 MB @ UW-SSEC off-line since 10-8-2002 Current hi-res spinning Globe MPEG movie ~5.7 MB @ UW-SSEC off-line since 10-8-2002 Two-week lo-res spinning Globe MPEG movie ~2 Mb @ UW-SSEC off-line since 10-8-2002 Two-week hi-res spinning Globe MPEG movie ~5.7 Mb @ UW-SSEC off-line since 10-8-2002  | 
  
 
 Antarctic Composite The Antarctic composite is a mosaic of GOES, Meteosat, GMS, and NOAA satellite data. @ UW-SSEC 
  
 Antarctic Composite @ Weather Channel
 
 AF Global Weather Center Northern / Southen Hemisphere DMSP IR mosaics  updated every 6 hrs (1 day delay) @ National Geophysical Data Center
NO data since Jan 1999. If anybody knows where to find current data in this format let me know.
        Polar Orbiters NOAA 12,14,15 and DMSP F12,13,14 
         
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GAC--Global Area Coverage:          LAC--Local Area Coverage: CIRA collects, processes, and archives all the Polar orbit NOAA-12 and NOAA-14 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Local Area Coverage (LAC) and Global Area Coverage (GAC) [one orbit per image] data re-transmitted by the Gilmore Creek, Alaska earthstation via DOMSAT. 
 
Band Satellites:          IFOV  
    NOAA-7,9,11,12,14
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1   0.58  - 0.68          1.39   Visible 
2   0.725 - 1.10          1.41   Red Visible - Near IR 
3   3.55  - 3.93          1.51   Short IR 
4   10.3  - 11.3          1.41   Long IR 
5   11.5  - 12.5          1.30   IR
     (micrometers)    (milliradians)
         Note: CIRA GAC jpeg images are ~50k 206x2129 x 24 bit (new smaller size as of Mid Aug '97)  | 
 
    EarthWatch ®     | 
    2-D WX US Visible ~40k | WX US IR ~40k | WX US Radar ~40k | 
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          2D-IR US Sections576x437 ~ 30k JPEGS | 
     North West | North Central | North East | 
| South West | South Central | South East | |
| StormWatch | WX Headlines | NE Pacific | N Atlantic | 
                       
 Climate News @ Marshal Space Science Lab
 
 Univ of ND Regional Info Center WX info my old home '79-'83
              
 Global Hydrology and Climamate Ctr @ MSFC
     
 Naval Research Lab GOES-9 Photos & Movies
            
 Todays Space Weather @ NOAA Space Environment Laboratory 
                     
 Space Weather Bureau @ Marshal Space Science Lab
             
 Real Time Weather for Meteorologists @  UCAR
                                
 WX.com  free, interactive Internet weather source. Available to the public from Meteorlogix
 SARSAT Search And Rescue SATellite @ NOAA
                        
 Sprites and Jets @Alaska.edu
        
 SeaWiFS Project @ GSFC
 
 Weather Software  @ U Mich
  
 WeatherSites 380+ and growing @ U Mich
  
 Yahoo Weather images images by Weather News Inc
                          
 Weather Channel
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