A sequence of Suomi-NPP VIIRS Visible (0.64) images (above) displayed the cyclonically-curved cloud structure associated with an Arctic low pressure system (surface analyses) located between Alaska and the North Pole on 14 April 2024. A blend of Atmospheric Motion Vectors derived from NOAA-20 and NOAA-21 (below) showed the flow pattern at... Read More
Contributors: Scott Bachmeier, Mat Gunshor, Rick Kohrs, Margaret Mooney, Jim Nelson, Tim Schmit, and Eric Verbeten.Another CIMSS Satellite Blog on the Eclipse, when time compositing imagery from 2024 (and 2017). A similar loop as above, but with a special enhancement (contrast stretch) is in this CIMSS Satellite Blog post (which also includes a comparison of the 2017 and 2024 eclipse... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Day Snow-Fog RGB and Dust RGB images (above) dispayed signatures of convective snow showers (shades of white in Day Snow-Fog RGB imagery) and blowing dust (brighter shades of pink in Dust RGB imagery) that created an unusual combination of blowing snow (BLSN) and blowing dust (BLDU) at Grand Forks, North Dakota... Read More
Two weeks after the Smokehouse Creek Fire and Windy Deuce Fire started in the Texas Panhandle — as discussed in this blog post — a comparison of Suomi-NPP VIIRS True Color RGB and False Color RGB images along with the GOES-16 (GOES-East) Land Surface Temperature (LST) derived product (above) showed the extent of the burn scars from those... Read More
