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This feature is about GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) Water Vapor (WV) imagery. This type of satellite imagery (just one of many) is based on a specific band of data within the infrared radiation (IR) spectrum. It is collected from a geostationary satellite positioned roughly 22,000 miles above the Equator near the longitude of Florida and a longitude just west of the U.S. West Coast. With the satellites racing around their larger orbit path at an angular speed that… To read the full story and view the animation, click here - http://www.weatherworks.com/lifelong-learning-blog/?p=1260 © 2017 H. Michael Mogil To learn more about other high-impact weather events affecting North America, be sure to click here! 
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Bill Birthright
3/1/2017 02:57:49 pm
I cannot find anywhere in your post to get the GEOS WV to animat and after your vivid description of what is going on, I feel I am missing out.
Sheldon Kusselson
3/10/2017 11:30:39 am
Bill, You are absolutely right. There are plenty of web sites to view geostationary water vapor imagery all over the world. Take for instance, GOES-East and GOES-West that are looking at the western hemisphere: You can go to: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/ , then on far left click in the white circle on water vapor 6.5 and then click on either the white circle that says 4 Image Animation or 8 Image Animation. Go to this web site: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index.php?satellite=east&channel=ir4&coverage=conus&file=jpg&imgoranim=8&anim_method=flash for the 8 Image Animation. Just google geostationary water vapor imagery and you should find more. Any questions, send an email to Sheldon.Kusselson@gmail.com Leave a Reply. |
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