Incredible Satellite Archive Database
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Incredible Satellite Archive Database
I just discovered this remarkable satellite archive created by Philippe Papin from UAlbany. It's an IR satellite imagery archive from the Western Hemisphere for the hurricane seasons of 1980 to 2009. Enjoy!
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/ppapin/gridsat.php
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/ppapin/gridsat.php
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
RL3AO wrote:I just discovered this remarkable satellite archive created by Philippe Papin from UAlbany. It's an IR satellite imagery archive from the Western Hemisphere for the hurricane seasons of 1980 to 2009. Enjoy!
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/ppapin/gridsat.php
As a satellite image nerd, thank you so much for posting this!
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
There is also a YouTube channel called Force 13 that has Worldwide Satellite Animations for 1980-2016, which is very cool!
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTYtU1Fy3sw8JEJOpH-ftolcMFAlDrHN
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuTYtU1Fy3sw8JEJOpH-ftolcMFAlDrHN
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
The August 2005 replay, yea I went there first, is amazing. You can almost hear the season cancel posts as what would be Katrina struggles until it finally develops. Fantastic resource.
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
tolakram wrote:The August 2005 replay, yea I went there first, is amazing. You can almost hear the season cancel posts as what would be Katrina struggles until it finally develops. Fantastic resource.
Went to August 2005 in the GoM too.

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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
love watching andrew form.. its a sheared mess has the classic blow up of convection from shear( just like with td4 recently which why you just never know) just to die off again. nearly losses all convection multiple times..
the wave leaves africa august 14th
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/ppa ... l/aug.html
the wave leaves africa august 14th
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/ppa ... l/aug.html
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
Impressive!
Disappointed they don't have the CPAC or the WPAC. I really wanted to see some of these classic storms...
Disappointed they don't have the CPAC or the WPAC. I really wanted to see some of these classic storms...
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Kingarabian wrote:Impressive!
Disappointed they don't have the CPAC or the WPAC. I really wanted to see some of these classic storms...
On the side panel it says he's working on it.
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Tropical Cyclone Tracks (using IBTrACS)
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
RL3AO wrote:Kingarabian wrote:Impressive!
Disappointed they don't have the CPAC or the WPAC. I really wanted to see some of these classic storms...
On the side panel it says he's working on it.
COMING SOON
More Domains (West Pacific, Indian, Africa ect.)
Tropical Cyclone Tracks (using IBTrACS)
YES!!!
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This really is amazing. I watched several storms from the 80's that I always wondered what they would have looked like but never found satellite loops. 1985 is a crazy GOM year to watch!
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
Kingarabian wrote:
YES!!!
https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/satellite/hursat/
Use HURSAT as that has almost every worldwide storm back to 1980.
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
It is eerie how close 2004 is to this year looking at satellite loop from June to present day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8K69_qH78&list=PLuTYtU1Fy3sw8JEJOpH-ftolcMFAlDrHN&index=26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8K69_qH78&list=PLuTYtU1Fy3sw8JEJOpH-ftolcMFAlDrHN&index=26
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Re: Incredible Satellite Archive Database
What’s cool about this is the is a google earth hyperlink poly line in each file that links to all the imagery chronologically. I did it on my cellphone.
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