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Archive: Wed Jun 2021

Satellite signatures of solar farms across Minnesota

GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm), Near-Infrared “Snow/Ice” (1.61 µm), Near-Infrared “Cloud Particle Size” (2.24 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and Fire Temperature RGB images along with Fire Temperature, Fire Power and Fire Area derived products (above) showed reflectance and thermal signatures of sunlight reflecting off large arrays of solar panels at solar farms across southern/central Minnesota... Read More