As part of its NOAA post Launch Science Test, the GOES-15 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) mode on 24 August 2010, providing images at 1-minute intervals to monitor Hurricane Danielle. McIDAS images of GOES-15... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 10.7 µm IR data (above) revealed a classic convective burst signature as Tropical Storm Danielle began to intensity over the middle Atlantic Ocean on 23 August 2010. The coldest cloud top IR brightness temperature during this time period was -90º C at 07:15 UTC.UPDATE: Danielle continued to intensify... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-11 0.65 µm visible channel data (above) revealed the southern edge of the ice in the Beaufort Sea (north of Alaska and Canada’s Yukon and Northwest Territories) on 18 August 2010.A closer view using a 1-km resolution NOAA-18 AVHRR false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image (below) showed that... Read More

Unusually hot and dry mid-August conditions beneath a strong ridge of high pressure across British Columbia led to a major outbreak of wildfires across that western Canadian province — 1-km resolution GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel images (above) showed the development of a number of large and very dense smoke... Read More