Just last month the Perpetual Notion Machine repeated a show about the GOES-R (now GOES-16) weather satellite that was launched in November. That satellite has just gone “live,” and started sending back some amazing images. Well, on this special pledge drive edition, Tim Schmit is back to talk with PNM’s Will Cushman. Tim is a […]
Weather Satellites Do-over
Tonight, PNM aired a do-over of our show on weather satellites, specifically, the GOES-16 satellite, which will be up-and-running within a couple weeks. On December 15, 2016, WORT went “dark” on the radio, that is, not broadcasting, due to maintenance on the tower. However, PNM did record a show that also was web-streamed on the […]
GOES-R and Other Weather Satellites
Despite the fact that PNM was not “on-the-air,” we did have a show tonight. PNM reporter Dennis Shaffer had Tim Schmit as our guest. Tim has been a Satellite Research Meteorologist at UW-Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center and now works at the Center for Satellite Applications and Research at NOAA, or the National Oceanic […]
