McIDAS images of GOES-11 and GOES-14 visible channel data (above) revealed a large hazy plume streaming northeastward from the Hawaiian Islands on 31 December 2009 – 01 January 2010. The primary source of this plume was ongoing emissions from the Kilauea volcano on “The Big Island” of Hawaii — the resulting... Read More
A comparison of GOES-11 and GOES-12 visible channel images (above) revealed an aerosol plume aloft that was oriented northwest-to-southeast over the western Great Lakes region on 13 July 2009. This example shows the value of forward scattering to help in the identification these kinds of aerosol plumes — note how the plume... Read More
The 2009 wildfire season roared to life in Alaska on 02 July – 03 July 2009, with a number of very large and very intense fires breaking out across interior portions of the state. A ridge of high pressure was in place over the region, allowing Fairbanks to experience a high temperature above... Read More
A series of volcanic eruptions from Sarychev Peak (located in the central Kiril Islands) began on 10-11 June 2009, and GOES-11 “split window” IR difference images (above) showed a good signature of one of the ash plumes (yellow to cyan color enhancement) as it began to move eastward across the North... Read More
