GOES-16 (GOES-East) Dust RGB images (above) displayed signatures of blowing dust (brighter shades of pink) moving southward across far southeastern New Mexico and southwestern Texas on 13 December 2020. Strong winds behind a cold front — gusting in excess of 40 knots or 46 mph — reduced surface visibility to 2.5 miles at Hobbs,... Read More
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Day Snow-Fog Red-Green-Blue (RGB), “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm) images (above) showed and undular bore propagating slowly north-northwestward across northeastern Minnesota and western Lake Superior on 11 December 2020. Also evident on the RGB and 1.61 µm images was the presence of a few industrial plumes... Read More
This blog has featured numerous blog posts that use visible imagery from two Geostationary Platforms (e.g., GOES-16/GOES-17 ; Himawari-8/GEOKOMPSAT-2). Different cloud heights can be perceived in that imagery (for those who have mastered the art of crossing their eyes!).GOES-R-type satellites also produce a Level 2 Product: Cloud Top Height. Can that product... Read More
Space-X conducted a test flight of its Starship SN8 on 09 December 2020, which experienced a “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” upon landing — and 10-minute Full Disk sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) Visible, Near-Infrared and Shortwave Infrared images (above) displayed a bright visible signature and hot thermal signature of the landing site explosion (and also showed... Read More
