Environmental Satellite Images
A Comprehensive Resource List
The following list of Internet sites provide original, near-
University/Commercial Sites | Government/Military | Europe | Western Pacific/Asia | Latin America | Glossary
= Special Realtime Tropical Storm Coverage = Archived Images
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Site/Location
Type of Imagery Available
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) , Madison, WI
NOAA AVHRR composites over Antarctica
Cloudsat Home Page, CSU, Ft. Collins, CO
Space-
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
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Embry-
Visible, IR, WV images and loops for CONUS, North and South America, Asia, Australia,
and oceanic regions. Derived products for volcanic ash and IR-
Colorized, clear-
University of Hawaii, Honolulu
GOES vis, IR and WV sectors for Hawaii, Pacific and Atlantic Basins, plus U. S. mainland. GIF/JAVA movies
University of Illinois, Urbana-
Large scale remapped GOES-
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab., Laurel, MD
Click on 'Dynatrack' for a nice collection of colorized AVHRR images. One month+ archive.
Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge
GOES-
NCAR Research Application Project (RAP) , Boulder, CO
GOES multispectral (JPEG), derived products, close-
Ohio State University, Columbus
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
GOES-
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
GOES-
GOES-
University of Washington, Seattle
Weather Channel, Atlanta, GA
Color-
Weather Network, Mississauga, Ontario
GOES IR and color radar composite images for Canada and the U.S.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Current GOES-
WSI Corporation (INTELLiCast), Billerica, MA
Latest national, regional GOES remapped IR (small size)
Site/Location
Type of Imagery Available
Arctic/Antarctic Ice Extent, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO
Arctic Sea Ice extent, concentration and trends based on environmental satellites and other data. Animations of monthly sea ice extent images. Archived images from Nov., 1978.
Archived data from U.S. polar (NOAA/DMSP) and geostationary (GOES) satellites in several formats.
CLASS (formerly Satellite Active Archive (SAA)), NESDIS IPD Suitland, MD
Environment Canada, Montreal
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Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Honolulu, HI
Mercator mosaic of Himiwari and METEOSAT IR with latest T.S. or suspect areas in W. Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Composite true color mosaics of NASA Aqua/Terra data with corrected reflectance for
major events. Multi-
NASA Langley Research Center, Langley, VA
GOES-
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Short-
GOES, POES, DMSP, and JPSS image data archives including data from GOES-
Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB-
RAMSDIS online. GOES-
National Centers for Environmental Information Earth Observation Group (NOAA/NESDIS), Boulder, CO.
Imagery from S-
National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO
Multi-
Naval Research Lab, Monterey, CA
GOES-
"NexSat", Naval Research Lab, Monterey, CA
Images and derived products from multiple U. S. satellites (NASA Aqua/Terra, GOES, NOAA, DMSP) to demonstrate the capabilities of future satellite systems such as NPOESS. Color composites, animations, archives.
Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorological & Oceanographic Center, Monterey, CA
Multiple polar (DMSP, MODIS, AMSU, etc) and Geo (GOES, METEOSAT) image products for latest tropical cyclones (Pacific, W. Atlantic. & Indian Ocean)
NESDIS/STAR Satellite Rainfall Estimates, College Park, MD
Current derived heavy rainfall estimates from GOES IR and POES passive microwave data
NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) College Park, MD
Polar and geostationary global and U.S. composites (Polar Stereo and Mercator), aerosols,
SST, soundings, MODIS composites for CONUS, Hazard imagery (tropical cyclones, fire
and smoke, volcanic ash), 21-
NESDIS Satellite Services Division, College Park, MD
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NESDIS GOES-
Current GOES-
NESDIS GOES-
Current GOES-
NOAA/NESDIS Imagery and Data Visualization, College Park, MD
Unique imagery and animations of current conditions and special weather events using GOES, POES, and NWP models. Currrent and projected global climate conditions (temperature, SST, drought risk, fires, etc).
Site/Location
Type of Imagery Available
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels
Global ozone analyses for past year from ENVISAT
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Latest METEOSAT IR, MPEG movies
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Full disk and sectorized METEOSAT Vis,IR,WV, and derived products at 0W (MSG) and 57W, plus METOP images.
Meteo-
Colorized METEOSAT IR/vis of Europe, "Forecast" images (French only)
Colorized METEOSAT IR of Europe, GOES/METEOSAT composites, SST, vegetation index (Spanish only)
Met Office, U. K.
Large scale IR images of most continents, full disk, global composite
METEOSAT IR/vis (map background)
Space Research Institute Moscow, RU
NOAA AVHRR composites over Russia, eastern Europe. Current GOMS not available.
Site/Location
Type of Imagery Available
Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne
Himiwari and MTSAT Vis, IR and color-
India Meteorological Department, New Delhi (Login required)
INSAT Vis, IR and color-
Fenyun (FY) -
COMS IR, Vis, WV with Korea, East Asia, and Full Disk sectors. Derived products for dust and fog
Weather Zone, Australia
GMS IR, Vis, WV images of Australia/New Zealand, some colorized with lightning overlaid
Argentine National Meteorological Service, Buenos Aires
GOES Vis/IR/WV images of South America and Argentina (Spanish only)
Type of Imagery Available
Site/Location
GOES Vis/IR/WV sectors of South America, composite GOES/MSG, latest NOAA/AQUA/TERRA sectors, fog images, precipitation estimates (English and Portuguese)
Maintained by Gary Ellrod -
Geo full disk or regional sector from Himiwari in true color. 8-
Chilean Weather Service, Santiago
GOES imagery in 16 channels from GOES ABI, derived products (air mass, microphysics, convective storms, volcanoes, etc). Animations. (Spanish only)