Suomi NPP VIIRS data are being used to compute sea-surface temperature (SST), and those fields are now being input into AWIPS for evaluation. The Suomi NPP images as displayed in AWIPS are labeled as MODIS SSTs (this was done to speed the injection process into AWIPS; however, note that the... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed two very large blowing dust features during the afternoon hours on 18 March 2014: one moving southward out of southeastern Colorado, and another moving eastward out of... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-15 (GOES-West) 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed large plumes of blowing dust and sand, which were moving south/southwestward from the coast of Baja California and western Mexico on 16 March 2014. There were... Read More

In their Area Forecast Discussion issued at 11:57 UTC or 4:57 AM local time on 14 March 2014, the NWS San Francisco/Monterey Bay Area forecast office mentioned the Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band imagery which showed the... Read More