Mesospheric airglow waves over the Northern Plains
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Kudos to Carl Jones (NWS Grand Forks) for spotting this vivid example of mesospheric airglow waves (reference) produced by severe thunderstorms that were responsible for a swath of hail across South Dakota from 0515-1010 UTC on 02 September 2019. In the toggles between VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images... Read More