GOES-12 visible (daytime) and 3.9 µm shortwave IR (night-time) images (above) showed a distinct swirl of clouds drifting northward across the Gulf of Mexico on 13 November – 14 November 2008. This cloud... Read More

GOES-12 10.7 µm “IR window” and 3.9 µm “shortwave IR” images (above) showed a large area of mountain wave clouds to the lee of the spine of the Rocky Mountains, spreading eastward across parts of Alberta and Montana on 12 November 2008.... Read More

AWIPS images of the 1-km resolution MODIS 11.0-3.7 µm fog/stratus Brightness Temperature Difference (BTD) and the 4-km resolution GOES-12 fog/stratus BTD (above) showed the value of higher spatial resolution MODIS data for detecting power plant plumes embedded within the stratus clouds over northern Minnesota on Read More

GOES-12 10.7 µm IR imagery (above) showed Category 4 Hurricane Paloma just south of Cuba on 08 November 2008. A well-defined eye was present, surrounded by cold cloud top temperatures in the -70º to -80º C range (as cold as -81º C at... Read More