An Air France Airbus A330-200 — Flight #447 en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France — crashed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean on 01 June 2009 (surface analysis). Shortly after the last radio contact about 350 miles (565 km) northeast of Natal, Brazil... Read More
Chile is one of the most volcanically active countries on Earth. The latest volcano to erupt is Chaiten, which had previously lain dormant for at least 1000 years. Chaiten is at approximately 42 degrees South latitude, 72 degrees west longitude, close to Golfo de Ancud. A series of eruptions, starting... Read More
The Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador began to have a series of eruptions during the first 2 weeks of February 2008 (Washington VAAC advisories). A comparison of 4 different GOES-10 Imager and Sounder products (above) shows the Imager 10.5µm “IR window”, the Imager 10.5-12.0µm “split window difference”, the Sounder 11.0-12.0µm “split window difference”,... Read More
GOES-10 IR imagery with QuikSCAT winds (above) sourced from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site showed that the maximum surface winds associated with Subtropical Storm Olga were located well to the north of the center of the circulation early in the day on 11 December 2007. However, ASCAT wind data later in the... Read More
