Satellite Composite Images
Update
Previously available multi-year archives of imagery available from this web page will be reduced in the number of images available. These archives will only contain roughly a year's worth of data from now on.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/).
Global MontageUpdated 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
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.