Satellite Composite Images

Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Image
Updated every half hour.

The U.S. Composite Satellite Image is a combination infrared satellite data from GOES-East and GOES-West. The basemap was provided by Earth Observatory Team - NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/).

• current image and animation

Global Montage
Updated every six hours.

The global montage is created using satellite data, sea surface temperatures and observed land temperatures. For more information, read the overview. If the montage looks strange, it's because we are currently having intermittent problems receiving SST data; the oceans have not disappeared. Please bear with us. Get more information about playing MPEG movies.

• Latest global montage
• Two-week global montage movie
  • MPEG format
  • AniS Java format

Rotating Globe Movie
Updated every three hours.

These MPEG movies show weather systems over a rotating globe. They are created by combining data from 5 geostationary orbiting satellites (GOES-East, GOES-West, Meteosat at 0, Meteosat at 63E, and MTSAT), polar orbiting satellites and a topographic map of the Earth. Get more information about playing MPEG movies.

• Current snapshot (rotating Earth showing current clouds)
• Last 3 weeks (rotating Earth with animated clouds covering the most recent 3 weeks)

Global Satellite Composites
Updated every three hours.

The global composite images combine GOES, Meteosat, and MTSAT satellite data.

• Infrared global composite: Latest Image | Quicktime Movie | MPEG Movie
• Water vapor global composite: Latest Image | Quicktime Movie | MPEG Movie
• Catalog of previous infrared composites
• Catalog of previous water vapor composites

Antarctic Composite
Updated every three hours.

The Antarctic composite is a mosaic of GOES, Meteosat, MTSAT, and NOAA polar orbiting satellite data.

• Latest Antarctic composite
• Catalog of previous Antarctic composites