Broken satellite loops?

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Broken satellite loops?

#1 Postby Greg » Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:41 am

Is it just me or are the last 4 images of the GOES floater 1 the same? GOES 2 is broken too. Does the NHC have better stuff than we get to see on the internet?
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#2 Postby yoda » Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:42 am

We are currently in the Satellite Eclipse.
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#3 Postby FritzPaul » Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:45 am

Someone posted earlier that during the spring/autumnal equinoxes the satelittes experience temporary eclipses due to the earth blocking the sunlight from hitting the solar panels. He said the eclipse only lasts for a couple of hours.
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#4 Postby Greg » Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:50 am

Thanks for the info. So they don't have any images right now? All that technology and its "out of batteries"!
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#5 Postby dennis1x1 » Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:06 am

they are back up now......still very unimpressive sat signature....really doesnt look like much more than a cat1/2 storm which we may have real soon if things dont turn around.....
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#6 Postby Greg » Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:18 am

The visible image shows the eye reforming.
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#7 Postby dennis1x1 » Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:21 am

isnt it dark?
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#8 Postby Greg » Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:23 am

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-vis-loop.html

Maybe moonlight?
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#9 Postby dennis1x1 » Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:24 am

hmm....

i still dont see a reforming eye though.
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#10 Postby bayouwxman » Fri Sep 03, 2004 2:45 am

Greg wrote:The visible image shows the eye reforming.


The visible satellite on the NOAA site shifts to an IR (infrared) channel once the sun has set. Remember, IR basically detects the temperatures of the cloud tops, so this is available 24 hours a day. Visible images are only available during the day.
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