2009 Summer Workshop

===== AIR QUALITY =====

Airborne Saharan Dust Over the North Atlantic Ocean

Meteosat-9 visible image

Meteosat-9 visible image


Meteosat-9 SAL product

Meteosat-9 SAL product


Meteosat-9 false color images

Meteosat-9 false color images

Blowing dust: from New Mexico and Texas, all the way to Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan!

GOES-12 visible images

GOES-12 visible images


MODIS IR difference product

MODIS IR difference product


Photo of dirty snow in northern Wisconsin

Photo of dirty snow in northern Wisconsin

Thick Smoke From Georgia/Florida Fires

GOES-12 visible image

GOES-12 visible image

-Java animation-

===== FIRE DETECTION =====

Wildfires in Alaska

GOES-11 visible images

GOES-11 visible images


GOES-11 shortwave IR images

GOES-11 shortwave IR images

Fires in Texas and Oklahoma

GOES-13 visible images

GOES-13 visible images


GOES-12 shortwave IR images

GOES-12 shortwave IR images


MODIS true color + false color images

MODIS true color + false color images


MODIS true color image (displayed in Google Earth)

MODIS true color image (displayed in Google Earth)

Fire Burn Scar in Texas

MODIS true color image

MODIS true color image

===== FOG DETECTION =====

Fog Forming Over Lake Michigan

GOES-12 visible images

GOES-12 visible images

West Coast Fog (and Ship Tracks)

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product

Upper Midwest Stratus Cloud Deck (and Powerplant Plumes)

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product

River Valley Fog in the Northeast US

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product


GOES-12 + GOES-13 visible images

GOES-12 + GOES-13 visible images

River Valley Fog in Southwestern Wisconsin

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product

GOES + MODIS fog/stratus product

===== FLOODING =====

Ohio River Valley

MODIS visible + near-IR snow/ice images

MODIS visible + near-IR "snow/ice" images

Red River Valley of North Dakota

MODIS true color image (displayed in Google Earth)

MODIS true color image (displayed in Google Earth)

===== SEVERE CONVECTION =====

Enhanced-V Signature in South Dakota

GOES-12 IR images

GOES-12 IR images


GOES-12 IR images + cloud-to-ground lightning strikes

GOES-12 IR images + cloud-to-ground lightning strikes


GOES-12 + NOAA-15 IR images

GOES-12 + NOAA-15 IR images


NOAA-15 Red/Green/Blue (RGB) false color image

NOAA-15 Red/Green/Blue (RGB) false color image

Convective Initiation Along an Outflow Boundary

GOES-12 visible images

GOES-12 visible images

Wave Signatures of Potential Turbulence

GOES + MODIS IR images

GOES + MODIS IR images

Super Rapid Scan Operations

GOES-11 visible images (SRSO)

GOES-11 visible images (SRSO)

===== TROPICAL CYCLONES =====

Hurricane Dean

GOES-12 visible images (Hurricane Dean, 15 minute intervals)

GOES-12 visible images (Hurricane Dean, 15 minute intervals)


GOES-12 visible images (Hurricane Dean, 5 minute intervals)

GOES-12 visible images (Hurricane Dean, 5 minute intervals)

Super Cyclone Gonu

NOAA-17 IR image (Super Cyclone Gonu)

NOAA-17 IR image (Super Cyclone Gonu)

===== VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS =====

Mt. Redoubt, Alaska

GOES-11 visible images

GOES-11 visible images


MTSAT-1R visible images

MTSAT-1R visible images

Kasatochi eruption (Aleutian Islands, Alaska)

GOES-11 IR difference images

GOES-11 IR difference images

===== SNOW / ICE =====

Drifting Ice in Green Bay

GOES-13 visible images

GOES-13 visible images

Ice Storm in Oklahoma

MODIS false color image

MODIS false color image

Snow vs Cloud Cover Over the Southwest US

MODIS true color + false color images

MODIS true color + false color images

Snow Streaks in the Great Lakes Region

MODIS true color + false color images

MODIS true color + false color images