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RAMSDIS Online Archives & Case Studies

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster (February 1, 2003, 10-18 UTC)
Last communication occurred at 13:59:32 UTC.
(NASA Link to Ground Track Timeline)

GOES-8 Visible enhanced (29 frame loop)

GOES-8 Short Wave (42 frame loop)

GOES-8 Water Vapor (42 frame loop)

GOES-8 Thermal Infrared (42 frame loop)


Super-Typhoon Pongsona -- GMS IR Center Relative Loop, 5-9 December, 2002

The west eyewall of the typhoon passed over the island of Guam at 03-08 UTC, 8 December, 2002. There was considerable damage on Guam with one-minute maximum wind speeds of 115-120 knots.

GMS IR (99 frame loop, 12MB)


Texas Tornado (March 28, 2000) touchdown in Fort Worth, TX (00:30 UTC)

GOES-8 Visible (31 frame loop)

GOES-8 Thermal Infrared (36 frame loop)

GOES-8 Water Vapor (36 frame loop)


Georgia Tornado (February 14, 2000) touchdown in Camilla, GA (05:09 UTC)

GOES-8 Thermal Infrared (30 frame loop)

GOES-8 Water Vapor (30 frame loop)


30-min interval full resolution GOES-8 Visible Center Relative Loop of Hurricane Mitch on October 26, 1998 (Motion is 300 / 6 kt)

GOES-8 Hurricane Mitch (16 frame loop)


Tennessee Tornado (April 16, 1998) touchdown in Nashville, TN (20:32 & 22:15 UTC)

GOES-8 Visible enhanced (15/7.5 minute interval/30 frame loop)

GOES-8 IR4 (15/7.5 minute interval/30 frame loop)


Alabama Tornado (April 9, 1998) touchdown in MS,AL,GA (01:00-03:30 UTC)

GOES-10 Visible enhanced (5 minute interval/27 frame loop)

GOES-10 Visible enhanced (15 minute interval/26 frame loop)

GOES-10 IR4 (5 minute interval/46 frame loop)

GOES-10 IR4 (30 minute interval/28 frame loop)

GOES-10 WV (30 minute interval/28 frame loop)


Virginia Tornado (April 1, 1998) touchdown in Beaver Dam, VA at 00:00 UTC

GOES-10 Visible (enhanced/26 frame loop)

GOES-10 IR4 (27 frame loop)


Georgia Tornado (March 20, 1998) touchdown in Murrayville, GA at 11:20 UTC

GOES-10 Visible (post tornado, enhanced/20 frame loop)

GOES-10 IR4 (20 frame loop)

GOES-10 IR4 (47 frame loop)

GOES-10 WV (20 frame loop)

GOES-10 Fog Product (20 frame loop)


ECLIPSE 1998 (Feb. 26)

GOES-10 Visible (color enhanced/21 frame loop)

GOES-8 Visible (16 frame loop)


Hurricane Luis (Sept. 6, 1995, GOES-9)

Luis Visible part 1 (12:45z - 13:39z, 40 frame loop)

Luis Visible part 2 (13:40z - 14:31z, 40 frame loop)

Luis Visible part 3 (14:32z - 15:19z, 37 frame loop)



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RAMSDIS Online displays image products of the RAMSDIS system developed by CIRA/RAMM in Ft. Collins, Colorado. RAMSDIS Online web pages and Javascript animations were developed by Angela Earnhart and Dave Watson of the RAMM Team at CIRA.

Contact Dave Watson with comments/questions/suggestions at watson@cira.colostate.edu

Updated July 1999