The 2023 NOAA Satellites Virtual Science Fair (VSF) concluded this month with top projects identified. The VSF involves middle and high school students (G6-12) working with GOES (geostationary) or JPSS (polar-orbiting) satellite data in projects of their own design conveyed via a scientific poster. High school submissions also require a short video where students... Read More
Southern Wisconsin experienced the convergence of 3 cooling mechanisms during the afternoon hours of 16 May 2023: (1) the arrival of a dense band of smoke aloft — transported southward from wildfires in Alberta and Saskatchewan — which reduced incoming solar radiation, (2) a southward-moving cold front and (3) the inland surge... Read More
TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats) satellite observations include microwave data at 12 different frequencies between 91.6 and 204.8 GHz. (Click here for a Satellite Book Club presentation on TROPICS). A TROPICS launch occurred from New Zealand in early May (link), boosting two satellites into orbit; a second launch is pending. In addition, TROPICS Pathfinder... Read More
Cincinnati’s 25th running of the Flying Pig Marathon commenced on the morning of Sunday, May 7th, despite deteriorating weather conditions. After a round of storms at about 09:30 UTC, which subsequently passed through, race officials began the marathon as scheduled at 10:30 UTC. Figure 1 shows the composite reflectivity and LightningCast contours... Read More
