Month: November 2018

21 November 2018 Snow Squall event in upstate New York

by Dan Bikos on November 21st, 2018

On 21 November 2018 a cold front moved through upstate New York with an associated band of heavier snow, as seen in this WSR-88D reflectivity image: Note the narrow region of higher reflectivities extending from near Syracuse northeastward.  This snowband prompted a snow squall warning issued by the NWS office in Binghamton: How about the Continue Reading

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Sea Ice Motion and VIIRS Spatial Resolutions

by Jorel Torres on November 20th, 2018

It’s nearing wintertime, and over the North and South Poles, sea ice accretion is occurring. Using RAMMB Slider, users can observe sea ice motion and sea ice breakup, via Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on-board the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP), and NOAA-20 satellites. For unaware users, VIIRS has 22 spectral channels, where 16 Continue Reading

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Alaskan Aurora

by Jorel Torres on November 5th, 2018

Early this morning, 5 November 2018, an aurora was visible over the state of Alaska. The aurora was large in areal extent and produced green hues over the Anchorage, AK night sky. A photo of the aurora can be seen, via the following link. Polar-orbiting satellite products observed the phenomenon; imagery is seen before (4 November Continue Reading

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