The GPM Ground Validation GOES 13 Visible and Infrared Images MC3E dataset was produced and archived in near real time at the Global Hydrology Research Center throughout the GPM Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E). These image files were created for use with the Real Time Mission Monitor (RTMM). Generally, GOES-13 images are available for all dates between May 6, 2011 and June 30, 2011 at 15 minute intervals. The GPM Ground Validation GOES-13 Visible and Infrared Images dataset files are available in PNG format and contain images over the MC3E campaign area.