Explosive events from the Kilauea Volcano (located on the Big Island of Hawai’i) began to occur in mid-March of 2008 — these were the first explosive events from that particular volcano since 1927. Activity from Kilauea then continued for several weeks; GOES-11 (GOES-West) 0.63 µm visible... Read More

An AWIPS image of the GOES-12 10.7 µm “IR window” channel (above) showed a large cluster of convection that developed in the vicinity an inverted surface trough axis over the Gulf of Mexico on 07 April 2008.An animation of AWIPS images... Read More

[Hat-tip to Amato Evan at CIMSS for pointing out this very interesting AVHRR sea surface temperature imagery] AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data (above, viewed using Google Earth) revealed the striking convergence of the Brazil Current and the Malvinas/Falkland Current off the east coast of South America on 07 April 2008. The... Read More

A comparison of AWIPS images of the GOES-12 3.9µm and the MODIS 3.7µm “shortwave IR” channels (above) revealed that numerous small fires were burning across parts of eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of 06 April 2008. Note how the 1-km resolution MODIS imagery did a better job... Read More