GOES-15 Super Rapid Scan

Scott Weberpal

Scott Weberpal

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Yesterday (September 21), during the final day of the GOES-15 Post Launch Science Test, the satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO), which supplied the upper-midwest with imagery as frequent as every minute. I'm not 100% sure if this means it will stay in SRSO mode, but as of right now it still is...

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/goes15-1min/

Can't wait for the 30-second scan intervals :)

Thanks to Scott Bachmeier at UW-Madison for the info!
 
Wow, that is sweet!! You can really get a 3D feel of the atmosphere watching the loop. I remember seeing some archived vis loops from May 10th that I think were at 4 minute intervals?? You could watch storms ingesting HCR's left over from the eroded stratus deck.
This would be an awesome tool for pre-initiation, hope it stays!!
 
That is ridiculous. By far one of the coolest satellite views I have ever seen. It is so detailed. You can watch a single cumulus cloud develop and die. The thunderstorms are amazing to look at also.

One other thing that really sticks out is the movement of clouds at different levels. There is such little time intervals its like there is no missing data and it just seemingly moves through.

Thanks for sharing! Hopefully they keep it up for awhile because that is a great near/short term forecast tool!

Chip
 
Scott Weberpal said:
Yesterday (September 21), during the final day of the GOES-15 Post Launch Science Test, the satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO), which supplied the upper-midwest with imagery as frequent as every minute. I'm not 100% sure if this means it will stay in SRSO mode, but as of right now it still is...

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/goes15-1min/

Can't wait for the 30-second scan intervals :)

Thanks to Scott Bachmeier at UW-Madison for the info!
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Man that is sweet. Now was this the satelight that they were going to put in sleep mode to save it until one of the older ones goes out or am I thinking of another one.
 
Thanks for the link, Scott. It's always amazing to see things like we don't usually see them. Indeed, it's rare for us to look at vis sat data and see anything better than ~15 min updates.

CIMSS also has loops from other tropical cyclones (e.g. Hurricanes Ivan and Frances from 2004) when the GOES-12 satellite was operating in Super Rapid Scan mode. See http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/ for more loops/images. If I'm not mistaken, meteorological centers can request that a satellite be put into Rapid Scan or Super Rapid Scan mode on "critical weather days" (expected severe weather outbreaks, tropical cyclones, etc.). I'm not a "satellite person" by education, but that CIMSS group has a pretty fascinating blog and some pretty awesome images/loops.
 
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