Category: Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images
Fires in Texas and Oklahoma
A large outbreak of wildfires occurred across parts of Texas and Oklahoma on 09 April 2009. GOES-13 visible images (above) showed several very large smoke plumes drifting eastward across far northern Texas and far southern Oklahoma during the afternoon hours. These fires... Read More
Standing wave clouds over northeastern Minnesota
GOES-13 visible images (above) displayed the formation of a “standing wave” cloud feature along the Lake Superior shoreline of northeastern Minnesota on 07 April 2009. In addition to the wave cloud, note that you can also see the southeastward drift of lake... Read More
Flooding in the Red River valley of North Dakota/Minnesota
MODIS “true color” and “false color” Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC MODIS Today site (above) showed extensive areas of flooding along the Red River of the North on 29 March 2009. Widespread areas of inundated... Read More