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Cooperative Research Program | Office of Research and Applications/Center for Satellite Applications and Research

Goes 39um Channel Tutorial

Developed by NOAA/NESDIS Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), at the Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Basic Radiation Science
  • Energy Sources
  • Emmission and Reflection
  • 3.9 & 10.7 um Channel Comparisons
    • Temperature Responsivity
    • Sub-pixel Response
    • Noise
    • Diffraction
    • Imagery Presentation
• Imagery Applications
  • Currently Developed
    • Night-time Fog, Stratus & Cirrus
    • Super-cooled Clouds
    • Fog, Ice & Water Clouds Over Snow
    • Winter Storms
    • Earth- & Sea-surface Temperatures
    • Thin Cirrus & Multi-layered Clouds
    • Urban Heat "Islands"
    • Fire Detection
  • Under Investigation
    • Day-time Reflectivity
    • Visibility Contaminates
    • Sun Glint
    • Cumulus Bands at Night
    • Convective Cloud Phases
    • Volcanic Ash Cloud Monitoring (NEW!)
• Glossary

Continue to the Introduction or go to the RAMM team's home page.