CIMSS has long hosted the popular site ‘MODIS Today‘ that allows easy access to full-resolution imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on board Terra (launched in 1999 and still producing imagery) and Aqua (launched in 2002 and still producing imagery). That site remains active and allows access to... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images along with 5-minute Fire Power and Fire Temperature products (which are components of the GOES Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (SHyMet | ATBD) showed the rapid northeastward run (as fast as 103 feet per minute) of the 13,000 acre “Beaver Fire” (also known as the... Read More
The Taal Volcano erupted in the Philippines around 0850 UTC on 12 January 2020. JMA Himawari-8 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) displayed the volcanic cloud during the initial 3 hours post-eruption. Note the presence of a pronounced “warm wake” (red enhancement) downwind (north) of... Read More
JMA Himawari-8 Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Longwave Infrared Window (10.4 µm) images (above) showed a large bushfire (dark black to red pixels in the 3.9 µm imagery) in far southeastern Victoria, Australia — which quickly burned its way to the coast and produced 3 distinct pulses of pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb)... Read More
