NOAA GOES East (GOES 12) Satellite Imagery
We have an archive of GOES East images in the visible and 4 infrared (IR) bands, including water vapor. Imagery may be viewed via our satellite animation image viewer.
The U.S. NOAA GOES East geosynchronous weather satellite is located 35,800 km (22,300 statute miles) above the equator at 75°W, over the Amazon River. The current GOES East satellite, before launch was designated GOES 12, and when launched in July 2001, became GOES M. When GOES M became operational it was designated GOES East. Although its primary mission is U.S. coverage, it also provides coverage of most of North America, South America, the Atlantic Ocean, and eastern portions of the Pacific Ocean.
NOAA GOES East Bands
The following NOAA GOES East spectral band images are available in our archive.
| Band | Visible | IR2 | IR3 (water vapor) | IR4 | IR6 |
| Spectral range | 0.55 - 0.75 µm | 3.80 - 4.00 µm | 6.50 - 7.00 µm | 10.20 - 11.20 µm | 11.50 - 12.50 µm |
Our Coverage
International Weather Archive maintains an archive of images that go back 2 months. Our image data interval is every 1 hour, with the exception of full disk images which have an interval of 3 hours.
Three sectors are available:
- Full disk
- North - includes North America, Central America and the northern regions of South America. Note, that U.S. priorities such as regional storms can shrink the area of coverage.
- South - includes southern region of South America, and south Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is important to note that number of southern regional images is sometimes limited, or they are even unavailable, when NOAA switches to rapid or super rapid acquisition modes. These modes direct the satellite to gather U.S. weather imagery more frequently.
External sources for information
- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_Operational_Environmental_Satellite - NOAA
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/
| Other International Weather Archive Satellites | ||||
| NOAA GOES West | NOAA GOES East | EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 | EUMETSAT Meteosat-7 | JMA MTSAT-1R |
| Pacific, Americas | Americas, Atlantic | Atlantic, Europe, Africa | Europe, Africa, Asia | Asia, Pacific |