GOES-16 data (and products) posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testingThe San Francisco Bay Area National Weather Service office Tweeted out an image (as noted by the Media) during the early morning of 7 July of the GOES-16 Fire Temperature, a GOES-16 Baseline Product (link) above a massive fire in Oakland (News Report).... Read More
(Images in this blog post were created by William Straka, SSEC. Thanks William!!)Parts of Pedrogao Grande in central Portugal (northeast of Lisbon) burned over the weekend in a massive forest fire. At least 62 people were killed (News Link; Youtube Video 1, 2). Suomi NPP overflew the region shortly after the fire... Read More
** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **A daytime comparison of GOES-16 ABI “Blue” Visible (0.47 µm), “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above; also available as an MP4 animation) displayed the smoke plume and “hot spots” (black to yellow to... Read More
** The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing. **A comparison of GOES-16 and GOES-13 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed numerous fire “hot spot” signatures (black to yellow to red pixels, with red being the hottest) from prescribed burning across the Flint Hills... Read More
