GOES-18 (GOES-West) SO2 RGB and Ash RGB images (above) showed the complex transport of a volcanic cloud produced by an explosive eruption of Mount Shishaldin that began around 1350 UTC on 03 October 2023. The bulk of the higher-altitude volcanic cloud was rich in SO2 (shades of yellow in both RGB types), while a smaller mid-level portion that had... Read More
Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 AHI Visible and Infrared images (above) showed Typhoon Koina as it intensfied to a Category 3 storm by 0000 UTC on 02 October 2023 (SATCON). Cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures were as cold as -90C.Just prior to the start of the Himawari-9 animation, an image of RCM-3 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) winds... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Dust RGB images (above) showed a plume of resuspended ash (brighter shades of pink) from the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai eruption in Alaska, which was being transported offshore across the Shelikof Strait toward Kodiak Island on 27 September 2023. Surface volcanic ash within the Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes.was being lofted by strong northwesterly winds.Volcanic ash (VA)... Read More
GOES-18 (GOES-West) SO2 RGB and Ash RGB images (above) showed the complex transport of a volcanic cloud (shades of yellow in the SO2 RGB imagery) produced by an explosive eruption of Mount Shishaldin that began around 1340 UTC on 25 September 2023. The bulk of the cloud drifted to the southeast, while another part wrapped cyclonically across the far... Read More
