GOES-17: some imagery

I wrote about GOES-17 becoming GOES West on March 6th. Today I continue with GOES-17 by sharing some short videos from GOES-17 uploaded to Youtube by the NOAA Satellite and Information Services.

Wildfire detection in New Zealand


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Hawaii


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Atmospheric Rivers in California

Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere – like rivers in the sky – that transport most of the water vapor outside of the tropics. These columns of vapor move with the weather, carrying an amount of water vapor roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. When the atmospheric rivers make landfall, they often release this water vapor in the form of rain or snow (What Are Atmospheric Rivers, NOAA, obtained on March 8, 2019 from https://www.noaa.gov/stories/what-are-atmospheric-rivers). GOES-17 will aid forecasters in monitoring atmospheric rivers, see this February 15th news article from NOAA Satellite and Information Services

Atmospheric River -- GOES-17 -- February 14, 2019

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