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Studying Atmospheric Flow Components via the GOES-R Satellite Imager (credit: NWS Buffalo, NY)

5/7/2017

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DISCUSSION: As more and more people become interested in learning more about the uniquely impressive capabilities of the GOES-R satellite imager, there is a quickly growing desire to have access to the various products generated by the different channels on this cutting-edge satellite imager.  Attached below is an exact excerpt from the National Weather Service office located in Buffalo, New York, describing the distinct advantage in utilizing data from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) platform aboard the GOES-R satellite imager.

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We're stepping back 22,000 miles this morning to take in the view from our new #GOES16 satellite. This Red, Green, Blue (RBG) image combines 5 spectral channels of information from GOES16 into this colored image to help bring out certain atmospheric details. Green hues indicate a warm/moist airmass, blue hues represent a cool/dry airmass, and red hues represent areas of spin in the upper atmosphere. Shades of white represent cloud cover. Here, you can easily pick out the low pressure system over the Northeast United States that has brought us persistent cool and rainy weather for the last few days, and which will linger over the region to start the week."

To learn more about other interesting weather stories occurring across North America, be sure to click here!

©2017 
Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz
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Analyzing Recent Long-Duration Heavy Rainfall Event from Space (credit: GOES-R Satellite)

5/2/2017

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DISCUSSION: In light of the recent heavy rainfall event which impacted many parts of the Central United States, there was a unanimous interest across the atmospheric science community to further analyze this long-duration heavy rainfall event.  As shown in the animated infrared satellite imagery compilation (courtesy of the GOES-16 satellite imager) in a preliminary and non-operational mode, there was a series of deep convective bursts observed as rapid cloud-top temperature decreases which coincided with a good portion of the heavier rainfall that fell during the course of the weekend.  Attached below is an excerpt from the exact discussion released by the GOES-R (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - R Series) Facebook page team.  

"GOES-16 captured this amazing infrared imagery of the strong storms that erupted over parts of the southern Plains and Mississippi Valley this past weekend. According to several media reports, the storms caused the deaths of at least 13 people, produced widespread heavy rain resulting in flash floods, high winds that down trees and left thousands without power, a late-season blizzard in Kansas, and tornadoes in Texas, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

This animation was created with Band 13, one of the new spectral bands offered by GOES-16's Advanced Baseline Imager. Band 13, the so-called "clean" longwave infrared band, is primarily used to monitor clouds and storm intensity. As shown here, the imagery produced by this band offers spectacular views of meteorological phenomena, such as the colder cloud tops (shown in green/yellow/red) associated with these storms, in rich detail.

This animation appears courtesy of our partners at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA). To see more animations, visit their website at goo.gl/faexRt.  

Note: This is preliminary, non-operational data as GOES-16 undergoes on-orbit testing."

To learn more about other high-impact weather events occurring across North America, be sure to click here!

©2017 
Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz

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