This blog post reported on the addition of data from the AOML Direct Broadcast site in Miami to data from the SSEC/CIMSS Direct Broadcast ftp site. Now, data from the Direct Broadcast site in San Juan, Puerto Rico, have also been added, allowing imagery to extend all the way into central Brazil! These... Read More
New software now in use at CIMSS combines JPSS Raw Data Records (RDRs) from Suomi-NPP or from NOAA-20, created at different direct broadcast antenna sites (for example, at CIMSS (data link for NOAA-20; data link for Suomi NPP) — and at AOML in Miami), into a single RDR that includes data that can span roughly 1/4 of a JPSS... Read More
Daynight band imagery from the CIMSS Direct Broadcast antenna (processed by CSPP software) early on 6 February 2023 showed a curious region of darker reflectance over western Hudson Bay (VIIRS imagery is available from this temporary file; microwave imagery from ATMS at the same time is available from this temporary file). The toggle below, between the VIIRS I04 (3.74 µm) brightness temperature... Read More
Polar-orbiting satellites have microwave detectors that give important information about the low-level structure of an evolving tropical cyclone. If high clouds are omnipresent, it can be difficult for an analyst to diagnose storm strength with accuracy. Microwave energy penetrates clouds, however, and low-earth orbit (LEO) observations of microwave frequencies can... Read More
