An animation of the Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery at CIMSS (MIMIC) product (above) revealed that Hurricane Danielle (which had intensified into a Category 4 storm) was undergoing an Eyewall Replacement Cycle (ERC) during the 27 August – 28 August 2010 period. Note how the smaller inner eyewall deteriorated and became replaced by a... Read More

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