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Daniel, Emilia and Fabio, oh my!
It’s been a while since we last looked at some tropical cyclones with VIIRS. If you don’t keep up to date on tropical activity, you might not know there that have been a few. Granted, since Debby dumped a bunch … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel, Emilia, Fabio, GOES, I-1, I-5, M-15, Pacific, resolution, tropical storm, VIIRS
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Remote Islands, part II: Tristan da Cunha
Are you tired of 100 °F heat? We sure are in Colorado. Denver tied an all-time record of five consecutive days of 100+ °F high temperatures this week (two of which had the all-time highest recorded temperature of 105 °F). … Continue reading
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Wild Week of Wildfires, Part II
Last time on “Wild Week of Wildfires“, we looked at the Little Bear Fire and High Park Fire, two lightning-ignited fires burning out west that were so hot they caused saturation in the two 3.7 µm channels on VIIRS (I-04 … Continue reading
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Tagged false color, fire, great lakes, I-4, michigan, RGB composite, true color, VIIRS
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A Wild Week of Wildfires
The last few weeks have been filled with lightning-ignited wildfires across the United States. The County Line Fire, along the Florida-Georgia border was caused by lightning on 5 April 2012 and burned ~35,000 acres. The Whitewater-Baldy Complex (began 16 May … Continue reading
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Tagged colorado, day/night band, fire, I-4, I-5, M-11, M-12, M-13, new mexico, VIIRS
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Cape Verde Waves and Plumes
Cape Verde is an island nation off the west coast of Africa, located in the North Atlantic. The islands are a popular initiation point for tropical storms. The original capital of the 10-island archipelago was sacked twice by Sir Francis … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Verde, dust, false color, gravity waves, M-12, M-15, M-16, RGB composite, split window difference, true color, VIIRS, vortex street
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Catatumbo Lightning in the Day/Night Band
You may have noticed that many of the recent posts have featured imagery from the VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB). That’s because the nighttime imagery produced by the DNB is so awesome! The DNB has seen clouds at night, auroras, forest … Continue reading
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Tagged day/night band, DMSP, I-5, lightning, OLS, overshooting tops, resolution, thunderstorm, VIIRS
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The Hewlett Fire
According to reports, a man camping along the Hewlett Gulch trail in Roosevelt National Forest on 14 May 2012 had his camping stove knocked over in a gust of wind. One week (and $2.9 million) later, the Hewlett Fire scorched … Continue reading
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Tagged colorado, day/night band, false color, fire, I-4, resolution, RGB composite, VIIRS
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Popocatépetl, the Smoking Mountain
According to legend, Popocatépetl was a great warrior whose girlfriend, Iztaccíhuatl, died because her father was a jerk who lied. (An alternate story is that it was a rival warrior who was a jerk who lied.) Either way, Iztaccíhuatl was … Continue reading
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Tagged ash detection, day/night band, false color, GOES, I-1, I-4, I-5, mexico, RGB composite, VIIRS, volcano
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Remote Islands, part I: Easter Island
With the I-bands having ~375 m resolution at nadir, VIIRS is a powerful instrument. We have already seen the detailed imagery it produces of severe thunderstorms and tropical cyclones. But, you might ask (particularly if you’re thinking you need a … Continue reading
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The Last Line of Storms from the 14 April 2012 Tornado Outbreak
The second major tornado outbreak of the year took place on 14 April 2012 (after the 2 March outbreak that slammed Indiana and Kentucky). At last count, 115 tornadoes were reported from Oklahoma to Iowa. Credit must be given to … Continue reading
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Tagged great plains, I-5, overshooting tops, resolution, severe weather, squall line, VIIRS
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