Day: March 3, 2010

GOES-11/MODIS channel differencing for icing hazard

by on March 3rd, 2010

J. Braun and Louis Grasso Figure 1: GOES-11 fog product for 8 UTC 2 March 2010. Identification of liquid water cloud layers that have temperatures below freezing is important for aviation safety. Brightness temperature differencing two channels may be used to identify liquid water cloud layers. Figure 1 (above)shows the channel difference between 3.9 and Continue Reading

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