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Is it Real, or is it…Synthetic GOES-R Imagery?

Jeff Braun, Louie Grasso and Dan Lindsey As part of the GOES-R Proving Ground activities, synthetic GOES-R imagery has been produced from model output run at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). This model is being run with horizontal grid spacing of … Continue reading

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“California Burnin’ on Such a Summers Day”

(Courtesy NASA/MODIS/TERRA – July 26, 2008) Jeff Braun Currently, California has 26 fire incidents…mostly across the northern half of the state.  Fourteen of these fires are considered large at the moment (= or > 100 acres…see following map). To date … Continue reading

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