10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) images (above) showed notable signatures of the strong reflection of solar radiation off either open water or mixed water/ice across the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea north of Alaska on 08 July 2026. Cursor samples near the center of strong reflection at 0900 UTC... Read More
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 03 March 2026, with totality beginning at 1104 UTC and ending at 1202 UTC (source). A sequence of VIIRS Day/Night Band images (acquired by the VIIRS Direct Broadcast ground station at SSEC/CIMSS) viewed using RealEarth (above) showed how the land surface and clouds were brightly illuminated... Read More
10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) Infrared and Water Vapor images (above) showed the evolution of a mountain wave cloud south of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska on 01 March 2026. The coldest cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures were -61C (darker shades of red).A toggle between GOES-18 Water Vapor and Infrared... Read More
VIIRS Infrared images from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-21 (above) showed widespread ice leads (brighter shades of cyan) in the Beaufort Sea during the 3-day period from 10-12 February 2026 — with a notable increase in ice leads across the eastern Beaufort Sea.Surface wind stress was the primary influence affecting the motion... Read More
