Category Archives: GOES-R Proving Ground

Synthetic imagery comparison from 2 different models

Posted on April 3, 2013 by dbikos

This blog entry will make a comparison between synthetic imagery generated from 2 different models, the NSSL WRF-ARW and the NAM-Nest, both with a horizontal grid spacing of 4 km.  After comparing the synthetic imagery between the 2 models, we … Continue reading →

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Synthetic imagery application of a snow event on March 5-6, 2013

Posted on March 21, 2013 by dbikos

The synthetic IR (10.35 um) imagery from the 0000 UTC 5 March 2013 NSSL WRF-ARW run: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/6mar13_syn_wrf&image_width=1020&image_height=900 forecasts a region of colder cloud tops from the Ohio Valley towards the mid-Atlantic states during the late afternoon to morning hours of … Continue reading →

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