GOES Satellite Derived Wind Products

High Density GOES-East Hourly Short-Wave IR Winds - Continental U.S. and Gulf of Mexico Coverage

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GOES-East Hourly Short-Wave IR Winds - Latest 24 Hours

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Other GOES-East Wind Products:

Imager Visible Imager Infrared Sounder Water Vapor Imager Water Vapor


General Information on Winds Production and Image Interpretation.

Obtain more information on GOES-E/W high density winds derivation by Gray et al, 1996



For more information contact:

Hank Drahos, Chief, FPDT, hdrahos@nesdis.noaa.gov

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Latest Update 8/15/01