AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel data (above) showed the hazy signature of a dense plume of blowing dust along the southwestern periphery of a large mid-latitude cyclone that was centered over Minnesota and Wisconsin on 18 October 2012.... Read More

A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band, 11.45 µm IR, and IR difference “fog/stratus product” data (above) revealed that the Day/Night Band (DNB) can be used for nocturnal detection of dense layers of wildfire smoke aloft (in this case, over parts of Montana, Wyoming,... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed an unusually thick veil of smoke  moving eastward across much of the Upper Midwest region of the US on 16 September 2012.This thick layer of airborne smoke contributed to a colorful sunset, as seen by the... Read More

As a part of the GOES-14 Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) testing, the satellite provided full-disk images at 30-minute intervals during the day on 14 September 2012. For current GOES satellites, the operational full-disk image interval is 3 hours; the ABI instrument on GOES-R will... Read More