STAR / SMCD / Operational Products Development Branch
GOES East and West Sounder Temperature and Moisture Products
Product Name & Link | Description |
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Horizontal Soundings Fields |
Total Precipitable Water (TPW), Lifted Index (LI), Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE), and Convective Inhibition (CINH) fields. Full U.S., Pacific, and Regional displays |
Soundings Fields Archive |
These links point to the 24 hour archive page for each of 6 different GOES Soundings parameters: LI (Lifted Index), TPW (Total Precipitable Water), CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy), 850mb temperatures, 700mb temperatures, and 500mb temperatures. |
Vertical Sounding Profiles |
Hourly Skew-T diagrams for over 450 sites across the U.S., Mexico, Caribbean, West Atlantic, East Pacific, and Southern Canada (including 24hr archive) |
Vertical Profile Loops |
24 hour javascript loops of Skew-T diagrams for all above mentioned 450 sites |
Cross Sections |
Equivalent Potential Temperature (Theta-E), Mixing Ratio, Relative Humidity (RH), and Wet Bulb Temperature cross sections for 18 selected pairs of end points |
Cross Section Loops |
Theta-E, Mixing Ratio, RH, and Wet Bulb Temperature cross section loops for 18 selected pairs of end points |
3-Hour Time Difference Fields |
TPW, LI, CAPE, and CINH fields showing 3 hour changes for various U.S. regional sectors |
Derived Product Imagery (DPI) |
Images and loops of various parameters derived from the GOES Imager and Sounder. GOES-East and West Derived Product Images (DPI) are produced hourly by the OPDB from both Imager and Sounder radiance information. |
Precipitable Water Coverage & Adjustments |
Display showing latest GOES Soundings coverage with color coding showing GOES adjustments to first guess |
Lake Effect Snow Support |
Hourly GOES Total Precipitable Water Estimates for Great Lakes Region (Seasonal) |
Raw Soundings Files | Binary format and McIDAS format Soundings data |
Cloud Montage Imagery | Operational and developmental Cloud Top Pressure (CTP) and Effective Cloud Amount (ECA) field comparison. (This product is no longer being maintained.) |