McIDAS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the well-defined signature of a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) moving northeastward across Missouri and Illinois during the day on Read More

McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the complex pattern of intensification of a storm over the western Gulf of Alaska on 06 August 2013. According to the NOAA NWS Ocean Prediction Center, this... Read More

 AWIPS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel images with automated overshooting top detection icons (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of a large mesoscale convective system across northwestern Kansas during the afternoon hours on 05 August 2013.... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed the hazy signature of a dust-laden Saharan Air Layer (SAL) that was propagating westward across the North Atlantic Ocean during the 01 August – 02 August 2013 period. The full disk satellite perspective helped... Read More