TCSP GOES-11 Rapid Scan Winds for Tropical Cyclogenesis Study

GOES-11 satellite imagery at five-minute intervals was used to generate this wind dataset for the Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission. The dataset focuses on the 0.65 micrometer visible, 3.9 micrometer infrared, and 10.7 micrometer IR channels to study cyclogenesis. NASA produced this data during July 2005 to analyze the formation and intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes.

Use Cases

• Deriving wind vectors from sequential satellite image triplets at visible and infrared wavelengths.
• Analyzing the interaction of temperature, humidity, and wind pressure during tropical storm formation.
• Studying cyclogenesis conditions using high-temporal-resolution geostationary satellite data.
• Validating atmospheric models with observed rapid-scan wind fields over a targeted study region.

Strengths

• Provides high-temporal-resolution image triplets at intervals as short as 1 minute during special operations.
• Covers multiple spectral channels (0.65 µm visible, 3.9 µm IR, 10.7 µm IR) for analysis.
• Data collection was focused on a specific study region during the dedicated TCSP mission in July 2005.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, column names, and exact dataset size are unavailable from all sources.
• Conflicting last updated dates exist between platforms (2005-07 31 vs. 2026-03-12), indicating potential metadata errors.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without clear terms.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Generated from image triplets captured by the GOES-11 satellite during rapid-scan operations.

Time Range

July 2005 (with regular processing from 12 July through end of July).

Freshness

2005-07-31 23:00:00

Geography

Centered on the TCSP study region, coverage area reduced with decreasing scan interval.