Geo2grid software is being updated and version 1.1 will be released shortly. [Update: it is now available here] Users will notice some added features (for example, support for GLM display, and support for some Level 2 products, and GOES-18, Himawari-9 and AGRI data), and will also note faster execution times.... Read More
CSPP Quicklooks (click to view documentation) is a software package (available here) developed at CIMSS to (as the name might suggest!) create images from Polar-orbiting data, as shown in this blog post that shows imagery created from Direct Broadcast data (for example. using NUCAPS EDRs (Environmental Data Records) files as available at the... Read More
Conventional Meteorological Canon is that the Day Convection RGB, shown above in full-disk imagery from AWIPS (and because it’s Full Disk, the resolution is degraded to 6 km in both latitudinal and longitudinal directions), shows yellow in regions where cloud (ice) particle sizes are very small at the top of strong updrafts,... Read More
CIMSS scientists have been working on an update (and improvement) on Geo2Grid software (v 1.1) that can be expected within a couple months. (Beta-testing is ongoing at CIMSS) The animation above shows the Airmass RGB from Himawari-8 (data courtesy JMA) and the Fujiwhara interaction (also discussed on the CIMSS blog here)... Read More
