Fires (as seen on 07 and 10 November) continued to burn in parts of the southeast US on 14 November 2016. A sequence of 3 consecutive true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from Terra MODIS (1650 UTC), Aqua MODIS (1829 UTC) and Suomi NPP VIIRS (1913 UTC) viewed using RealEarth, above, showed the aerial extent of the... Read More
Photos taken by SSEC scientist Claire Pettersen at 1615 UTC (above) and 1623 UTC (below) revealed several examples of ice crystal cloud optics over Madison, Wisconsin on 14 November 2016. More information on the various types of ice cloud halos can be found here and here.1650 UTC Terra MODIS Visible (0.65 µm),... Read More
Japan successfully launched the Himawari-9 satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center (near the southern tip of Tanegashima in the Osumi Islands south of Kyushu), a back-up to Himawari-8, shortly after 3:20 PM local time (0620 UTC) on 2 November 2016 (News Link 1, 2, 3, 4). Images showing all 16... Read More
GOES-15 (GOES-West) Visible (0.63 µm) images during the daylight hours on 23, 24 and 25 October 2016 (above) revealed the hazy signature of large amounts of airborne glacial silt and sand from the Copper River Valley being transported southward over the adjacent offshore waters of the Gulf of Alaska. The fine... Read More
