The University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center owns and operates a network of low-earth orbiting direct broadcast satellite antennas around the United States, and provides software support for partner institutions with similar antenna systems. Last week, a new version of the web interface hosted by each antenna’s on-site... Read More
The toggle of true-color MODIS imagery above, (taken from the MODIS Today website) shows Terra MODIS imagery on 14 and 15 January 2024. The 14th was the first day of an Arctic outbreak over deep snowcover in the upper Midwest; Madison WI was at/below zero the entire day. As a consequence, many lakes that were open water on... Read More
Polar-Orbiting satellites flying over Florida viewed remarkable changes in water quality from before and after the passage of Hurricane Ian. Imagery from Suomi-NPP, for example, from 25 September and 30 September, toggled below (imagery derived from the VIIRS Today website), shows a large increase in turbidity in the Gulf (and over the Atlantic... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm), Fire Temperature RGB. Fire Temperature and Fire Power products (above) displayed signatures of the large Bertha Swamp Road Fire and a smaller Adkins Avenue Fire near Panama City in the Florida Panhandle on 06 March 2022. With the Bertha Swamp Road Fire, 3.9 µm Shortwave Infrared brightness temperatures reached 138.71ºC —... Read More
