AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel images (above) revealed some interesting curved ice floe gyres in the Bering Sea just off the eastern coast of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula on 07 March 2013. Also evident near the center of the visible images was a long, narrow,... Read More
McIDAS images of MTSAT-2 0.73 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed a small polar low that was developing just south of the sea ice edge in the western Bering Sea on 15 February 2013. Widespread cloud streets could be seen streaming southwestward off the sea... Read More
Mount Tongariro in New Zealand (on the North Island) erupted on Monday, August 6th, for the first time in a century. A Suomi-NPP overpass at 12:52 UTC, approximately one hour after the eruption, allowed the day-night band to capture an image of the volcanic plume as it moved eastward across... Read More
According to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, the Mount Cleveland volcano erupted around 22:05 UTC on 19 June 2012 (volcanic activity notice). A comparison of AWIPS images of the MODIS volcanic ash mass loading, ash height, and ash effective radius products (above) showed the volcanic ash plume about 1 hour and 40 minutes later (23:44 UTC). The... Read More
