McIDAS images of MTSAT-2 10.8 µm IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed Super Typhoon Usagi in the West Pacific Ocean as it continued to move northwestward across the Philippine Sea. Note the slight amount of “trochoidal wobble” seen in the path of the eye. The coldest... Read More

MTSAT-2 0.7 µm visible channel images (above; click image to play animation) and 10.8 µm IR channel images (below; click image to play animation) showed a close-up view of the small “pinhole eye” exhibited by Super Typhoon Utor east of the island of Luzon in the Philippines on 11 August... Read More

A sequence of MTSAT-2 0.675 µm visible channel images (during daytime) and 10.8 µm IR channel images (during the night) revealed the signature of what could be a “midget” tropical cyclone which was moving westward across the western Pacific Ocean during the 17 July – 19 July period (above; click... Read More

According to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, the Pavlof Volcano began to experience a vigorous eruption around 06:50 UTC on 25 June 2013. As daylight arrived a few hours later, the volcanic plume (which contained some ash) was evident on McIDAS images of 1-km... Read More