Previous blog posts (example) have documented how to create imagery from the VIIRS instrument, and this one is another example. For example, if you receive a request for VIIRS imagery such as this one: “If you have time to try a case, you could pick Feb 1, 2022 near North... Read More

A colder-than-normal February over the western Great Lakes (through the 27th, Duluth is 10o F below normal; Marquette is 5o F below normal; Green Day is 2o F below normal; Cleveland is 1o F below normal) has fostered a growth in ice cover over the Lakes (This figure, from here, for... Read More

GOES-16 Cryosphere products — Ice Mask, Ice Concentration and Ice Surface Temperature — have been developed and are in a testing phase. The AWIPS screenshot above shows ice concentrations over parts of Lakes Superior, Huron and Erie. These products are created over the Full Disk ABI domain in regions of... Read More

Suomi-NPP VIIRS Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed numerous cloud plumes that were emanating from natural gas flaring sources at oil drilling sites across the North Slope of Alaska on 08 February 2022. Surface air temperatures were around -50°F in that area, with Deadhorse setting a daily record low of -53°F.A sequence of Suomi-NPP... Read More