Using MODIS to detect ice-covered ground
A fast-moving winter storm was responsible for widespread snow, sleet, and freezing rain across much of central US on 29 November 2006; several counties in southeastern Iowa reported 1/8 to... Read More
Category: MODIS
Contrails over the southeastern US
AWIPS MODIS imagery revealed widespread condensation trails (or “contrails”) from commercial aircraft flying across the southeastern US on 29 November 2006. These contrails were best seen using the Band 26 (1.3µm) near-IR channel (above) and the Band 27 (6.7µm) water vapor... Read More
“Hole punch clouds” and aircraft “distrails”
Some interesting photos of “hole punch clouds” were captured on 15 November 2006 — the photos (which appeared on the 16 November Spaceweather.com site) were were taken at Stevens Point in central Wisconsin. A QuickTime animation of GOES-12... Read More
Blowing dust off the Alaskan coast
A QuickTime animation of GOES-11 visible channel images (above) revealed multiple plumes of glacial sediment blowing offshore along the coast of Alaska on 06 November 2006. Strong chinook winds in the glacial valleys were lofting dust and carrying it out over the adjacent Gulf of Alaska. This phenomenon had... Read More
