Animation Tutorial 3: Animating a science-related image sequence (NOAA Satellite images)

Hurricane Paloma Image sets

Satellite Image Links

• http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/

• NOAA's Eastern GOES satellite pacific water vapor view (updated every 30 minutes):http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/wv-l.jpg. You may save the image with your browser's "Save as" feature...but name it differently for each save, such as "year-month-date-hour-minute-tatlwv1.jpg".

• NOAA's Western GOES satellite pacific water vapor view (updated every 30 minutes): http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/tpac/wv-l.jpg. You may save the image with your browser's "Save as" feature...but name it differently for each save, such as "year-month-date-hour-minute-tpacwv1.jpg".

• The most recent GOES East Atlantic water vapor Loop: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/loop-wv.html

• The most recent GOES West Pacific water vapor Loop: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/tpac/loop-wv.html

• The national NOAA weather site: http://www.weather.gov/.

• El Paso and Southern New Mexico NOAA weather site: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/elp/

• Hints for downloading RIDGE format weather service radar imagery: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/doppler/ridge_download.htm

Hurricane Paloma images from the NOAA GOES East Satellite

All times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is essentially the same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). El Paso, Texas is in the Mountain Time Zone which is UTC/GMT -7 hours when there is no Daylight Saving Time. For example, when it is 12:15 UTC, it is 5:15 AM in El Paso. For a check on your own time, time in El Paso, Texas is http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=395.

On November 8, 2008 Hurricane Paloma was an extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane, approaching Cuba from the South.

• 2008313_0615wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 06 15 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0615wv.jpg

• 2008313_0645wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 06 45 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0645wv.jpg

• 2008313_0715wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 07 15 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0715wv.jpg

• 2008313_0745wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 07 45 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0745wv.jpg

• 2008313_0815wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 08 15 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0815wv.jpg

• 2008313_0845wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 08 45 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0845wv.jpg

• 2008313_0915wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 09 15 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0915wv.jpg

• 2008313_0945wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 09 45 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_0945wv.jpg

• 2008313_1015wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 10 15 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1015wv.jpg

• 2008313_1045wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 10 45 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1045wv.jpg

• 2008313_1115wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 11 15 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1115wv.jpg

• 2008313_1145wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 11 45 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1145wv.jpg

• 2008313_1215wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 12 15 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1215wv.jpg

• 2008313_1245wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 12 45 AM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1245wv.jpg

• 2008313_1315wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 13 15 PM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1315wv.jpg

• 2008313_1345wv.jpg (Nov 8, 2008 13 45 PM) original link: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/img/2008313_1345wv.jpg

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This lesson and all of its screen-capture images were developed by and are copyrighted by B. H. Giza, Ph.D. © 2008. NOAA and United States government agency images are in the public domain as noted on their respective websites. Last updated November 8, 2008