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Welcome to the WFO Taunton Satellite Meteorology Page.  This page has been designed primarily to offer links to satellite training material and tutorials, GOES status information, and satellite imagery archived data.  However, there are also several links to exceptional real-time imagery and related home pages.   Enjoy!

Current &/or Significant Events Imagery

OSEI HomePage - Operational Significant Event Imagery (OSEI)

floridfires) - Special Florida fires satellite coverage

Satellite Tutorials and Training LinksTN00605A.gif (3171 bytes)

    V.I.S.I.T. - Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training

   - Basics of Satellite Remote Sensing  (NOAA/NESDIS FPDT)

    mcslogo.gif (47478 bytes) - Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Glossary of Satellite and Internet Terms  - (Compiled by Gary Ellrod)

    Satellite Coverages and Orbits - (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

    Introduction to Weather Satellites Module  -  (372-255 Meteorology UW-Stout Physics Dept.)

    NESDIS Introduction to GOES-8 Tutorial

    RAMSDIS Online

    CIMSS GOES-8 Sounder Tutorial

    GOES 3.9-micron Channel Tutorial

    GOES Imager Channel Table  - (by Steve Parker) Displays GOES channels; main uses & +/-

    CIMSS Water Vapor Imagery (6.7- micron) Tutorial

    U Maryland Meteorology Dept.  - Satellite and Remote Sensing Concepts

    Short Course on GOES Soundings  -  prsented at the AMS 78th Annual Meeting by Donald Gray

 

Satellite Archived Images

    saa-logo.gif (1747 bytes) - Satellite Active Archive

    thenextgeneration2.gif (5041 bytes)  - GOES Project Science (Historic Images & real  time/mpeg loops)

    cool.gif (90764 bytes)  - NCDC Historical GOES Browse Server

    - GOES Gallery at CIMSS

    AVHRR Image Gallery  - The Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab (Images of  Week,  Close-up  Relief Maps of MA, CT and RI)

 

Satellite Information

    NOAASIS l  -  NOAA Satellite Information System

    Latest Bulletins from NOAA NESDIS

    Daily Satellite Discussion  - Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Team from CIRA at CSU

    Detailed Eclipse Information

     GOES NEWS - GOES News & Status

       - GOES-10  Results

     GOES K Launch - GOES Launches, information & video clips

 

Satellite Soundings and Derived Products    

    Interactive Map of GOES Sounding Sites

            GOES Satellite Sounding for BOSTON, MA

            GOES Satellite Sounding for PROVIDENCE, RI

            GOES Satellite Sounding for CHATHAM, MA

            GOES Satellite Sounding for BLOOMFIELD, CT

    NE Sector Lifted Index

    NE Sector CAPE

    NE Sector Total Precipitable Water

    Cloud Top Pressure

    Convective Inhibition

   Experimental GOES Microburst Products - WINDEX -  DMPI -  MDPI 

 

Sea Surface Temperatures

    SST-North Atlantic - from NESDIS (NOAA-14)  highly detailed analysis

    SST-East Coast and Gulf of Mexico - (GOES-8) 

    SST-Northwest Atlantic - from the Naval Oceanographic Office

    SST-N/S American Waters - Optimum Thermal Interpolation System (every 12 hrs)

    SST-Global Analysis -  from the Space Science and Engineering Center (Deg F)

    SST-World Analysis -  Optimum Thermal Interpolation System (every 12 hrs in Deg C)

    sst.gif (1275699 bytes)     - El Niņo/La Niņa SST Animations from NOAA-CIRES Climate diagnostics Center

 

Satellite-Related Home Page Links

     - COMET Satellite Meteorology Page

    ssdhp1b.gif (10122 bytes) - Satellite Services Division (SSD) Real-time Operational Data and Products

    NESDIS1.gif (53682 bytes)  - NESDIS Home Page

   noaalogowavebox.gif (9286 bytes) - NOAA's Geostationary Satellite server

   cspatch.gif (44112 bytes)   - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking

       - FSU/Explores!  Satellite Imagery Clearinghouse

     ssecsm.gif (6729 bytes) - Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI

    - Defense Meteorological Satellite Homepage (DMSP)

   mast1.jpg (18264 bytes)  - Find a spot on the earth...maybe your home!

    test2.gif (4988 bytes)     - National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center

    NOAA/NESDIS FPDT Home Page - Forecast Products Development Team (Image Gallery/POES Imagery/tutorials)

    International Satellite Imagery Center  - A comprehensive selection of satellite imagery

    Satellite Imagery On the Internet - An extensive list of satellite imagery from Gary Ellrod

       Hydrologic/Precipitation Products   water1.gif (5775 bytes)

    Automated Sat. Derived   Precipitation Estimates - from NESDIS Instantaneous, 1,3,6,24 hr

    U.S.  Automated Satellite Derived 1 hr.  Accum. Rain Estimate - Greatly enlarged "blowup" version

    U.S.  Automated Satellite Derived 3 hr.  Accum. Rain Estimate - Greatly enlarged "blowup" version

    U.S.  Automated Satellite Derived 6 hr.  Accum. Rain Estimate - Greatly enlarged "blowup" version

    Blended Precip. Water & PW Products    

    U.S. Experimental Soil Wetness Index - 5 day moving average

 

GOES Latest Imagery

    GOES Latest Images  - from NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center

    GOES-8 High Resolution Northeast U.S. Visible

    GOES-8  Northeast U.S. 4 KM Visible

    FNMOC DMSP Visible Imagery and Nighttime vsbl

    GOES-8  Northeast U.S. 4 KM Infrared

    GOES-8  Northeast U.S. 4 KM Water Vapor

       - GOES-8 Hurricane Tracking Sectors

    GOES-8 Atlantic Visible  Image

    GOES-8 Atlantic Infrared Image

    GOES CoastWatch Products - CoastWatch GOES Latest Products

    GOES-8  Fog and Low Clouds Product

    GOES-8 (2km) Visible/Fog Image - with sky cover & aviation  flight conditions

    GOES N. Amer. IR, Topography & Sfc Fronts

    Whole World Composite   Enhanced IR Satellite Image  - from Intellicast

    Whole World Composite IR   Image  - from the Space Science and Engineering Center

    Whole World Composite Water Vapor  Image  - from the Space Science and Engineering Center

 

GOES Latest Full Disk Visible & IR  Images

    GOES-8 Full Disk Visible

    GOES-8 Full Disk IR

    GOES-8 Full Disk WV

    GOES-10  Full Disk Visible

    GOES-10  Full Disk IR

 

This page was last edited on:  Monday, November 23, 1998

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