1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above) displayed a period of convective bursts near and over the American Samoa island of Tutuila on 04 February 2024 — which produced heavy rainfall (leading to flash flooding and landslides; during the 6-hour period ending at 1200 UTC, Pago Pago... Read More

All 4 components of the GOES-16 (GOES-East) Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm (FDCA) (above) showed the diurnal variability of thermal signatures associated with a large and deadly wildfire complex near Viña del Mar and Quilpué in the Valparaíso District — located along the central coast of Chile — from 02-04... Read More