Much of the time when we look at weather satellites, we’re using them to look at clouds: where are they, how fast are they moving, are they growing or dissipating, things like that. Right now, however, the dominant story across much of the continental United States is a persistent heat... Read More
Sometimes, CIMSS Blog writers get emailed letter, like the one below (anonymized) forwarded along to CIMSS with a requestA long-dormant idea has resurrected itself in my mind, which is to look into the “biomass and carbon impact” (e.g. biomass and carbon knocked down) from some MCS and derecho type events.... Read More
The toggle of true-color MODIS imagery above, (taken from the MODIS Today website) shows Terra MODIS imagery on 14 and 15 January 2024. The 14th was the first day of an Arctic outbreak over deep snowcover in the upper Midwest; Madison WI was at/below zero the entire day. As a consequence, many lakes that were open water on... Read More
NASA Worldview imagery of Terra (launched in 1999 and still producing imagery!) MODIS true-color imagery, above, from this link, shows an ellipsoidal feature to the southeast of Guam with cloud development along its southern flank. Terra was passing west of Guam at about 0045 UTC on 20 May 2023, with the... Read More
