AWIPS images of the 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm – 3.9 µm “fog/stratus product” (above; click image to play animation) showed a large area of fog and/or stratus (yellow to orange color enhancement) that was increasing in areal coverage during the pre-dawn hours on 06 February 2012. Although the fog/stratus... Read More
A comparison of AWIPS images of 1-km resolution Aqua MODIS 11.0 µm “IR Window” channel data (both grayscale, and color-enhanced) and the corresponding MODIS “Fog/stratus product” (above) showed some areas of fog and/or stratus cloud over the eastern half of Hudson Bay, Canada on 26 January... Read More
The National Weather Service forecast office in Mobile, Alabama mentoned their use of the MODIS fog/stratus product during the pre-dawn hours on 14 December 2011:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1140 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2011 .AVIATION UPDATE (14/06Z ISSUANCE)…LOW CIG AND VSBY CONDITIONS CONTINUE. GOES IMAGER 11-3.9... Read More
AWIPS images of the 1-km resolution MODIS fog/stratus product (above) showed areas of freezing fog that were persisting across parts of the Pacific Northwest region of the US during the pre-dawn hours on 10 December 2011. This freezing fog was causing a few traffic accidents on roadways across the region.On the previous... Read More
