A night-time (10:01 UTC or 3:01 AM local time) comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 3.74 µm shortwave IR and 0.7 µm Day/Night Band data (above) showed signatures of the Rim Fire which had been burning since 17 August near Yosemite National Park in California. On the shortwave... Read More
The GOES-14 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES–R (SRSO-R) mode on 13 August 2013, providing images at 1-minute intervals over the western US. The prime features of interest were wildfires burning in... Read More
A cluster of 4 major fire complexes (the Elk, Pony, McCan, and Beaver complexes) began to exhibit extreme fire behavior on during the afternoon and evening hours on 10 August 2013. A comparison of GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 1-km resolution 0.63... Read More
The shallow-water natural gas drilling rig Hercules 265 (located in about 150 feet of water, 55 miles off the coast of Louisiana) caught fire late in the evening on 23 July 2013. This fire event was captured by polar orbiting satellites with VIIRS, MODIS, and AVHRR instruments (above) and also... Read More
