S'COOL: Finding Real-Time Satellite Data

Comparing to Real-Time Satellite Imagery

There are a number of places to find both weather satellite and MODIS imagery on the Internet in near real-time. These sites vary in ease of use, timeliness of data and quality of imagery. You may find the following sites useful.

As an aid to interpretation, the University of Wisconsin has developed Satellite Meteorology for Grades 7-12.

Region	Weather Imagery	MODIS Imagery	Cloud Products
Continental US	Geo satellites U. WI	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product	Langley product
Eastern US	Northeast Mid-Atlantic Southeast U. WI		Langley Product
Western US	Geo Sat U. WI		Langley product
Australia, Hawaii and the Pacific Rim	U. WI	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product
Africa, Europe and Middle East	Meteosat 7 U. WI Meteosat 8	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product
Africa, Middle East and India	Meteosat-5	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product
Central and South America	GOES-East	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product
Carribean	GOES-East	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product
Full disk: North and South America	GOES-East	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product
Tropical West Pacific	GOES-9	Langley product U. WI product Goddard product	GOES-9
Global Composite	Geostationary

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