{"id":30563,"date":"2018-11-03T22:59:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=30563"},"modified":"2018-11-05T19:49:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:49:13","slug":"above-anvil-cirrus-plume-aacp-over-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/30563","title":{"rendered":"Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume (AACP) over Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are down for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RELAMPAGO2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RELAMPAGO2018<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ARMCACTI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARMCACTI<\/a> just captured dual frequency radar observations of above anvil cirrus plume associated with an overshooting top <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krisbedka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@krisbedka<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtmoScientist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AtmoScientist<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/murillomojo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@murillomojo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lC3GOPWCMu\">pic.twitter.com\/lC3GOPWCMu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Nesbitt (@70_dbz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/70_dbz\/status\/1058733705068531712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/WAF-D-18-0040.1?journalCode=wefo\"><strong>Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume<\/strong><\/a> (AACP) was observed over northern Argentina on 03 November 2018 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/illinois.edu\/relampago\/home\"><strong>RELAMPAGO-CACTI<\/strong><\/a> field experiment &#8212; radar indicated that the plume was 2-3 km above the top of the main thunderstorm anvil. A comparison of GOES-16<em> (GOES-East)<\/em> &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band02.pdf\"><strong>0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Near-Infrared &#8220;Snow\/Ice&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band05.pdf\"><strong>1.61 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band13.pdf\"><strong>10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> showed that the plume exhibited a colder appearance compared to the underlying anvil (which is explained by the temperature profile from 12 UTC Cordoba rawinsonde data). GOES-16 was actually scanning the AACP at 14:38:41 UTC &#8212; very close to the time of the radar image. The plume-producing thunderstorm was located south of Cordoba (identifier SACO).<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_1430utc_goes16_visible_nearInfrared_infraredWindow_SACO_AACP_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_1430utc_goes16_visible_nearInfrared_infraredWindow_SACO_AACP_anim.gif\" alt=\"GOES-16 &quot;Red&quot; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared &quot;Snow\/Ice&quot; (1.61 \u00b5m) and &quot;Clean&quot; Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]\" width=\"638\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible <em>(0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em>, Near-Infrared &#8220;Snow\/Ice&#8221; <em>(1.61 \u00b5m)<\/em> and &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window <em>(10.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>Animations of GOES-16 Visible vs Snow\/Ice and Visible vs Infrared are shown below. The southern storm also produced a smaller AACP at <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/G16_VIS_NIR_ARGENTINA_AACP_03NOV2018_2018307_144536_GOES-16_0002PANELS.GIF\"><strong>1445 UTC<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_goes16_visible_snowIce_Argentina_AACP_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/G16_VIS_NIR_ARGENTINA_AACP_03NOV2018_2018307_143036_GOES-16_0002PANELS.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 &quot;Red&quot; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m), Near-Infrared &quot;Snow\/Ice&quot; (1.61 \u00b5m) images [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible <em>(0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> and Near-Infrared &#8220;Snow\/Ice&#8221; <em>(1.61 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_goes16_visible_snowIce_Argentina_AACP_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div><div style=\"width: 649px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_goes16_visible_infrared_Argentina_AACP_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/G16_VIS_IR_ARGENTINA_AACP_03NOV2018_2018307_143036_GOES-16_0002PANELS.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-16 &quot;Red&quot; Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) and &quot;Clean&quot; Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images [click to play animation | MP4]\" width=\"639\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-16 &#8220;Red&#8221; Visible <em>(0.64 \u00b5m)<\/em> and &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window <em>(10.3 \u00b5m)<\/em> images [click to play animation | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_goes16_visible_infrared_Argentina_AACP_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Views of the convection across that region were provided by Terra MODIS (1457 UTC), Aqua MODIS (1736 UTC), Suomi NPP VIIRS (1742 UTC) and NOAA-20 VIIRS (1832 UTC) True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images from <a href=\"http:\/\/realearth.ssec.wisc.edu\"><strong>RealEarth<\/strong><\/a><em><strong> (below)<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_modis_viirs_truecolor_SACO_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/181103_modis_viirs_truecolor_SACO_anim.gif\" alt=\"True Color RGB images from Terra MODIS (1457 UTC), Aqua MODIS (1736 UTC), Suomi NPP VIIRS (1742 UTC) and NOAA-20 VIIRS (1832 UTC) [click to enlarge]\" width=\"641\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>True Color RGB images from Terra MODIS (1457 UTC), Aqua MODIS (1736 UTC), Suomi NPP VIIRS (1742 UTC) and NOAA-20 VIIRS (1832 UTC) [click to enlarge]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are down for @RELAMPAGO2018, but #ARMCACTI just captured dual frequency radar observations of above anvil cirrus plume associated with an overshooting top @krisbedka @AtmoScientist @murillomojo pic.twitter.com\/lC3GOPWCMu \u2014 Steve Nesbitt (@70_dbz) November 3, 2018 An Above-Anvil Cirrus Plume (AACP) was observed over northern Argentina on 03 November 2018 during the RELAMPAGO-CACTI field experiment &#8212; 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