The recent Solar Eclipse that extended from the south Indian Ocean to the central north Pacific Ocean (Blog Post) traversed a region that is routinely monitored by different geostationary satellites — Himawari-9, GEOKOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) and FY-4A/FY-4B. Himawari-9 and GK2A have sub-satellite points on the Equator that are separated by only 12.5... Read More
Sentinel-1A’s overpass just east of North Carolina right after sunset on 23 April 2023, above, shows a sharp delineation in wind speeds, with wind speeds at the western edge of the SAR winds dropping from around 8-9 knots (cyan enhancement) to 2-3 knots (magenta enhancement). The animation below includes the... Read More
10-minute Full Disk sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) Nighttime Microphysics RGB + daytime True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed a plume of resuspended ash (from the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai eruption in Alaska) that was being transported offshore across the Shelikof Strait toward Kodiak Island — and wrapping into an eddy circulation within the... Read More
April 22, 2023: Happy Earth Day! The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. The idea was conceived by then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson and an estimated 20 million Americans participated on that first day, which was approximately 10% of the US population back then. You can read... Read More
