{"id":46308,"date":"2022-05-11T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=46308"},"modified":"2022-05-17T23:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T23:31:01","slug":"wildfire-signatures-viewed-by-goes-17-goes-18-and-goes-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/46308","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire signatures viewed by GOES-17, GOES-18 and GOES-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/220511_goes17_goes18_goes16_shortwaveInfrared_Calf_Canyon_Fire_NM_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/G17_G18_G16_SWIR_NM_FIRE_11MAY_B777_2022131_203355_0003PANELS_FRAME0000087.GIF\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m) images from GOES-17 (left), GOES-18 (center) and GOES-16 (right) [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/220511_goes17_goes18_goes16_shortwaveInfrared_Calf_Canyon_Fire_NM_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>A 3-panel comparison of 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m) images from GOES-17 <em>(GOES-West)<\/em>, GOES-18 <em>(*preliminary, non-operational*)<\/em> and GOES-16 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed the hot thermal anomaly (darker black to red pixels) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/8069\/\"><strong>Calf Canyon Fire<\/strong><\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/8069\/\"><strong>Hermits Peak Fire<\/strong><\/a> in northern New Mexico on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20220511.html\"><strong>11 May 2022<\/strong><\/a>. The images are displayed in the native projection of each satellite.<\/p>\n<p>Farther to the west, a similar comparison of Shortwave Infrared images from GOES-17 \/ GOES-18 \/ GOES-16 &#8212; with a different color enhancement applied &#8212; is shown for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/2022\/5\/11\/coastal-fire\/\"><strong>Coastal Fire<\/strong><\/a> in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/220511_goes17_goes18_goes16_shortwaveInfrared_Coastal_Fire_CA_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/G17_G18_G16_SWIR_CA_FIRE_11MAY2022_B777_2022131_225625_0003PANELS_FRAME0000071.GIF\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m) images from GOES-17 (left), GOES-18 (center) and GOES-16 (right) [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/220511_goes17_goes18_goes16_shortwaveInfrared_Coastal_Fire_CA_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>The fire&#8217;s thermal signature began to rapidly diminish in GOES imagery by 03 UTC &#8212; but a distinct signature was still evident on a 375-meter resolution Suomi-NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.74 \u00b5m) image at 0941 UTC <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/ca_viirs_swir-20220512_094145.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/05\/ca_viirs_swir-20220512_094145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi-NPP VIIRS Shortwave Infrared (3.74 \u00b5m) image at 0941 UTC [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 3-panel comparison of 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m) images from GOES-17 (GOES-West), GOES-18 (*preliminary, non-operational*) and GOES-16 (GOES-East) (above) showed the hot thermal anomaly (darker black to red pixels) of the Calf Canyon Fire\/Hermits Peak Fire in northern New Mexico on 11 May 2022. 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