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Archive: Nov 2007

Wave structure on top of a stratus cloud deck

GOES-12 visible channel images (above) revealed an interesting wave structure along the top of an extensive stratus cloud deck that covered much of Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and northern Illinois on 20 November 2007. An AWIPS 4-panel image showing the MODIS and GOES-12 visible and IR window channels (below) demonstrated the... Read More

Snow cover in New England

A comparison of the MODIS “true color” RGB image (Red=channel 01, Green=channel 04, Blue=channel 03) and the corresponding “false color” RGB image (Red=channel 02, Green=channel 07, Blue=channel 07) from 19 November 2007 (above) shows snow cover over parts of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine (extending northward into portions of southern... Read More