South Sandwich Islands volcanic and orographic cloud signatures
GOES-16 Near-Infrared “Cloud Particle Size” (2.24 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]
The smaller cloud particles of the volcanic plume were also more efficient reflectors of incoming solar radiation, thus appearing warmer (darker shades of gray) in GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (below).
GOES-16 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]
GOES-16 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images [click to play animation | MP4]