GOES-18 (GOES-West) SO2 RGB and Ash RGB images (above) showed the southward drift of a pair of volcanic clouds produced by an eruption of Mount Shishaldin that began at 0908 UTC on 14 July 2023. The initial higher-altitude volcanic cloud likely contained moderate concentrations of SO2 (denoted by brighter shades of yellow in... Read More
Pacific Hurricane Calvin was sampled by Radar Constellation Mission #3 (RCM-3) shortly after 0200 UTC on 14 July 2023. The SAR winds (click here to access a JAOTech article on this subject!) show strong winds surrounding a not-quite-circular closed eye, with a region of strong winds extending in a curved... Read More
CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) anniversary is July 14, as it was established in 1980. From “about CIMSS: “… is a Cooperative Institute formed through a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1980. CIMSS operates as an institute within the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)”.The... Read More
