{"id":47189,"date":"2022-07-12T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=47189"},"modified":"2022-10-19T01:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T01:15:05","slug":"pyrocumulonimbus-cloud-in-northwestern-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/47189","title":{"rendered":"Pyrocumulonimbus cloud in northwestern Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220712_goes17_visible_shortwaveInfrared_infraredWindow_fireTemperatureRGB_NWT_Canada_pyroCb_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/nwt-20220712_230125.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m, top left), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m, top right), &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m, bottom left) and Fire Temperature RGB (bottom right) images [click to play animated GIF | <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2022\/07\/220712_goes17_visible_shortwaveInfrared_infraredWindow_fireTemperatureRGB_NWT_Canada_pyroCb_anim.mp4\"><strong>MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>1-minute Mesoscale Sector GOES-17 <em>(GOES-West)<\/em> \u201cRed\u201d Visible (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band02.pdf\"><strong>0.64 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), Shortwave Infrared (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band07.pdf\"><strong>3.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>), &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window (<a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/OCLOFactSheetPDFs\/ABIQuickGuide_Band13.pdf\"><strong>10.35 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb.cira.colostate.edu\/training\/visit\/quick_guides\/Fire_Temperature_RGB.pdf\"><strong>Fire Temperature RGB<\/strong><\/a> images <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> showed a wildfire just southwest of Yellowknife (CYZF) in Canada&#8217;s Northwest Territories, which produced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-022-00566-8\"><strong>pyrocumulonimbus<\/strong><\/a> (pyroCb) cloud during the afternoon hours on 12 July 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This large fire burned very hot,<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> with 3.9 \u00b5m Shortwave Infrared brightness temperatures reaching 138.71\u00baC \u2014 which is the saturation temperature of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goes-r.gov\/spacesegment\/abi.html\"><strong><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">ABI<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Band 7 detectors. The coldest pyroCb cloud-top 10.35 \u00b5m Infrared Window brightness temperatures were around -49\u00baC (lighter shades of blue).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1-minute Mesoscale Sector GOES-17 (GOES-West) \u201cRed\u201d Visible (0.64 \u00b5m), Shortwave Infrared (3.9 \u00b5m), &#8220;Clean&#8221; Infrared Window (10.35 \u00b5m) and Fire Temperature RGB images (above) showed a wildfire just southwest of Yellowknife (CYZF) in Canada&#8217;s Northwest Territories, which produced a pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) cloud during the afternoon hours on 12 July 2022. 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