GOES-12 Imagery of Hurricane Katrina: Full Disk Longwave Infrared (WMS)

  • Released Wednesday, October 5, 2005
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The GOES-12 satellite sits at 75 degrees west longitude at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers over the equator, in geosynchronous orbit. At this position its Imager instrument takes pictures of cloud patterns in several wavelengths for all of North and South America, a primary measurement used in weather forecasting. Every three hours the Imager takes a picture of the full disk of the Earth. This animation shows a sequence of these full disk images in the longwave infrared wavelengths, from 10.2 to 11.2 microns, during the period that Hurricane Katrina passed through the Gulf of Mexico. This wavelength band is the most common one for observing cloud motions and severe storms throughout the day and night.

GOES-12 full-disk longwave infrared imagery of Hurricane Katrina from August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, October 5, 2005.
This page was last updated on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST.

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