CIMSS has hosted the MODIS Today website for many years. Its follow-on, the VIIRS Today has gone live as of 4 August 2020.As with MODIS today, the USA is subdivided into 8 sectors, and imagery on a 2-km, 1-km and 250-m grid is provided, even though VIIRS’ best resolution at nadir is 375... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed the 10-hour period leading up to the time when Tropical Storm Isaias re-intensified to Category 1 hurricane intensity on 03 August 2020. The center of Isaias passed near Buoy 41004 (below) — ahead of the storm, there was a wind gust to 62 knots (71 mph)... Read More
An animation of Topography + GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.35 µm) images (above) showed a southward-moving band of clouds responsible for producing heavy rainfall across portions of Interior Alaska on 02 August 2020. Cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures were as cold as -58ºC (brighter shades of yellow).GOES-17 “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images... Read More
JMA Himawari-8 Ash Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images created using Geo2Grid (above) displayed the nearly continuous volcanic cloud emanating from Nishinoshima during the 1-week 25 July to 01 August period (faster animations are also available: gif | mp4). Brighter shades of pink in the Ash RGB images suggest a higher concentration of... Read More
