GOES-18 data above show persistent convection around Samoa and American Samoa between 0400 and 0730 UTC. Sentinel-1A overflew the region just after 0550 UTC, yielding information about wind features. At that time, a convective storm was developing in between Tutuila and Upolu. The animation below steps through the Band 13... Read More
Pacific Hurricane Calvin was sampled by Radar Constellation Mission #3 (RCM-3) shortly after 0200 UTC on 14 July 2023. The SAR winds (click here to access a JAOTech article on this subject!) show strong winds surrounding a not-quite-circular closed eye, with a region of strong winds extending in a curved... Read More
GOES-16 Visible (Band 2, 0.64 µm) and Infrared (Band 13, 10.3 µm) imagery at 2316 UTC on 9 July 2023, above, show cloud-top features commonly associated with intense convection off the east coast of Florida, to the southeast of Cape Canaveral. RADARSAT-2 overflew this region at the same time, and... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) showed Category 1 Hurricane Beatriz just off the west coast of Mexico (near Ixtapa, station identifier MMZH) as a cloud-filled eye was becoming more apparent.A DMSP-17 Microwave (85 GHz) image at 1322 UTC (below) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site indicated... Read More
