This recent blog post highlighted an Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-2) product showing estimates of Sea Ice concentration at high spatial resolution. This followup post shows the product on a different day in 2022. The MODIS True-Color imagery below, from March 22, 2022, shows ice in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean surrounding... Read More
Widespread clouds can easily hide the location of active precipitation. When that happens, well-timed microwave information can show where precipitation is most likely. In the slider example above, Aqua MODIS infrared imagery with a grey-scaled enhancement (collected over Guam just before 0350 UTC on 9 July) shows regions of convection west and south of Guam (circled in yellow). Where are the heaviest rains located, and... Read More
A meteogram of surface observations at Pago Pago International Airport, above, shows a period of heavy rain and strong winds between 1400 and 2300 UTC on 26 May 2023. The strong winds had a big affect on waves at Aunu’u, as shown below (imagery from this website; click here to see the... Read More
What products are available in the Arctic in between SAR observations? Consider the composite image above, showing RADARSAT-2 SAR ice concentration at 0453 UTC on 22 February 2023 over/around Saint Matthew Island (direct link to footprint here at the STAR SAR Wind site*) and an RADARSAT Constellation Mission-3 (RCM3) image at at 0546 UTC on 22... Read More
