A comparison of AWIPS images of 1-km resolution MODIS 0.65 µm visible, 11.0 µm IR, and 6.7 µm water vapor channel data (above) showed a textbook example of a “baroclinic leaf” satellite signature associated with the large storm affecting much of the eastern US on Read More

A sequence of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 µm IR data from 13 January to 15 January 2013 (above; click image to play animation) revealed a great deal of motion of the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean off the north coast of Alaska. Surface stations along the... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of a large area of blowing dust that formed in response to high winds along and in the wake of a strong cold frontal boundary (Read More

A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel, 3.74 µm shortwave IR channel, and 11.45 µm IR channel data (above) showed a broad “vog” plume streaming westward off the Big Island of Hawaii on 10 January 2013. The primary source of this vog plume was likely the... Read More