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Wild Week of Wildfires, Part III
The last two posts covered flooding. Now, a month later, we are back to covering last year’s most common topic: wildfires. This time, we’ll make a game out of it. Keep in mind that, for many operational fire weather forecasters, … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, fire, Fire Temperature RGB, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-13, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, Natural Fire Color RGB, RGB composite, true color
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Drought in the Land of the Long, White Cloud
Science fiction fanatics know it as “Middle-earth“. Abel Tasman, the Dutch explorer who became the first European to sail there, called it “Staten Landt“, which was later changed to Nieuw Zeeland, Nova Zeelandia, and, finally, New Zealand. The native Maori … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, M-10, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, NDVI, New Zealand, RGB composite, true color, vegetation
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Chinese Super-Smog
No, not a Super-Smörg, super smog. Smog that is so thick, you can taste it. The smog in many parts of eastern China has been so bad this winter, it is literally “off-the-charts“. Based on our Environmental Protection Agency‘s not-very-intuitive … Continue reading
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Tagged China, day/night band, false color, ice and snow, M-10, M-11, M-12, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, RGB composite, smog, true color
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Copahue, the Stinky Volcano
On the border between Chile and Argentina sits the volcano Copahue. (If you say it out loud, it is pronounced “CO-pa-hway”.) In the local Mapuche language, copahue means “sulfur water”. This name was given to the volcano as the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, ash detection, Chile, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, MODIS, RGB composite, split window difference, true color, VIIRS, volcano
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The Case of the 100-year-old Ash Cloud
Lost in all the commotion caused by Hurricane Sandy, a curious event occurred on the other side of the country on 30 October 2012. A cloud of ash obscured the skies of Kodiak Island, Alaska, diverting flights in the region … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, ash detection, false color, M-10, M-12, M-14, M-15, M-16, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-6, M-7, RGB composite, split window difference, true color, volcano
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Greenland Eddies and Swirls
Last time we visited Greenland, it was because VIIRS saw evidence of the rapid ice melt event in July 2012. We return to Greenland because of this visible image VIIRS captured on 18 October 2012: This image was taken by … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, Greenland, I-1, I-5, ice and snow, M-10, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, RGB composite, sea surface temperature, true color
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Fires in Paradise
Sometimes, it seems like the whole world is on fire. Siberia. The western United States (which has been burning for some time). And now, the Canary Islands. The Spanish islands have been under a drought, as has much of Spain. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canary Islands, day/night band, fire, I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, M-11, M-13, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, resolution, RGB composite, VIIRS, vortex street
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Fires near the “Coldest City on Earth”
Raise your hand if you’ve only ever heard of Yakutsk because of the board game “Risk”. (If you raised your hand, you might want to look around and make sure that no-one saw you raise your hand for no reason.) … Continue reading
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Tagged day/night band, false color, fire, I-1, I-2, I-3, M-1, M-10, M-11, M-2, M-3, M-4, M-5, M-7, resolution, RGB composite, Siberia, true color, VIIRS
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