A McIDAS false-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image (created using MODIS Bands 07/02/01) showed numerous “burn scars” (red-enhanced features) that remained from recent fire activity across eastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma on 05 April 2011 (above). Previous blog posts displayed imagery of the fires as... Read More

AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 3.9 µm shortwave IR data (above; click image to play animation) displayed a number of “hot spots” (black to red to yellow  color enhancement) associated with fires that were burning across much of eastern Oklahoma on 23... Read More

AWIPS images of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 0.63 µm visible and POES AVHRR 3.7 µm shortwave IR data (above) showed a large number of IR “hot spots” (black to red to yellow color enhancement) due to widespread fire activity across southeastern Oklahoma on 10 March 2011. One well-defined smoke plume could be... Read More

  A fissure eruption on the Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii began on 05 March 2011 — and 3 days later, McIDAS images of GOES-11 3.9 µm shortwave IR data (above; click image to play animation) displayed a prominent “hot spot” (yellow to red enhanced pixels) during the day... Read More