The 2023 NOAA Satellites Virtual Science Fair (VSF) concluded this month with top projects identified. The VSF involves middle and high school students (G6-12) working with GOES (geostationary) or JPSS (polar-orbiting) satellite data in projects of their own design conveyed via a scientific poster. High school submissions also require a short video where students... Read More
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Visible (0.64 µm) images over the 4-day period from 26-29 May 2023 (above) displayed the anomalously low ice concentration (source) within a portion of Canada’s Amundsen Gulf — along with the formation of multiple ice leads, followed by the separation of large areas of fast ice within the eastern third of the satellite... Read More
Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 Visible and Infrared images (above) covered the period +/- 2 hours when Super Typhoon Mawar reached Category 5 intensity at 0600 UTC on 25 May 2023. Mesovortices within the eye were evident in Visible imagery, with the eye exhibiting a “stadium effect” geometry (two signatures that are often associated with... Read More
Target Sector (2.5-minute interval) JMA Himawari-9 Visible and Infrared images (above) covered the period when Typhoon Mawar reached Category 4 intensity at 0000 UTC on 23 May 2023 (JTWC advisory | SATCON | ADT). Mesovortices within the eye were evident in the Visible imagery, and cloud-top infrared brightness temperatures surrounding the eye were... Read More
