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VORTEX-95 GOES-8 Water Vapor

Summary

Digital GOES-8 water vapor imagery that were collected during VORTEX-95. These data are in McIDAS format.

Data access

ORDER offline data

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/4.54
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Related projects	VORTEX-95: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 95
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	GOES-8
Instruments	GOES-8 Imager
GCMD Science Keywords	INFRARED IMAGERY Expand keywords
Related links	homepage: VORTEX 1995 EOL Homepage info: VORTEX-95 Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1995-03-31 00:00:00
End datetime	1995-06-16 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 31.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -107.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -91.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

originator: NOAA National Weather Service

Citation

NOAA National Weather Service. 1995. VORTEX-95 GOES-8 Water Vapor. Version 1.0. null. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/4.54. Accessed 13 Nov 2025.

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This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.