McIDAS images of GOES-12 and GOES-14 visible channel data (above) showed that large chunks of ice (known as “ice fields”) were drifting north-northeastward across the western portion of Lake Erie on 14 January 2010. Southerly to southwesterly winds were beginning to increase on that day, helping to move the ice features across... Read More
AWIPS images of the MODIS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product and the High-Resolution RTG_SST model surface temperature analysis (above) revealed some important differences between satellite-measured and model-derived SST features on 11 January 2010. In particular, note the very strong MODIS SST gradient across the Florida Keys, with water temperatures cooling from the... Read More
The Galeras volcano in Colombia (located in the Andes Mountains near Colombia’s border with Ecuador) experienced an explosive eruption around 00:43 UTC on 03 January 2010 (Washington VAAC advisory messages). McIDAS images of the GOES-11, GOES-14, and GOES-12 10.7 µm IR (top 3 panels) and 6.7/6.5 µm water vapor channel data (bottom 3 panels)... Read More
A sequence of MODIS true color images from the SSEC MODIS Direct Broadcast site (above; also available as a QuickTime animation) showed a few snapshots from the first month of Winter 2009/2010 across southern Wisconsin. You can see the transition from bare ground on 01 December…to a few narrow swaths of snow cover early... Read More
