McIDAS images of GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed smoke plumes and pyrocumulus clouds associated with a pair of large wildfires that were burning in western Wyoming on 15 September 2012. Because... Read More

McIDAS images of 0.63 µm visible channel and 3.9 µm shortwave IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed a large wildfire that was growing quickly across western Nebraska on 01 September 2012. The GOES-14 satellite was being operated in Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) mode, providing images... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the smoke plumes emanting from a number of large wildfires that were burning in parts of Idaho on 24 August 2012. Note that some of the low-altitude smoke was being channeled southward through valleys... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-14 1-minute interval Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) 4-km resolution 3.9 µm shortwave IR channel data and 1-km resolution 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed a number of significant wildfires burning across parts of northern California on 21 August 2012. The... Read More