If you google “GOES-16” and “sensor” and “data”, you will find many hits on the sensor problems with the GOES-16 satellite. Essentially, the last ten years of data is crap.
And, all analysis based on the GOES-16 is crap, too.
http://ams.confex.com/ams/90annual/techprogram/paper_159905.htm
http://climatechangedispatch.com/images/stories/pics3/2010_Jul04_959EDT.gif
thanks for the heads up.
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