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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Severe thunderstorms over southwest Arkansas on 10 March 2010
Jeff Braun, Louie Grasso and Dan Lindsey Figure 1: GOES-12 10.7 µm on 10 March 2010 at 2115 UTC. Color table shows enhances temperatures in Celsius. On the afternoon of 10 March 2010, thunderstorms developed over northeast Texas. These storms … Continue reading
Posted in GOES, Satellites, Severe Weather
Tagged 2010, Arkansas, GOES-12, March, severe, thunderstorms
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MODIS Images: Lake Erie Ice Break-up and Ice Floe
Figure 1: March 3rd through March 8th 2010 (NexSat Project/Naval Research Laboratory) J. Braun Whew! Hints at spring may finally be around the corner. Cold Arctic winter temperatures through most of the beginning of this new year have kept much … Continue reading
Posted in Lake Effects, Miscellaneous, MODIS, Satellites
Tagged Break, Floe, Ice, Lake Erie
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GOES-11/MODIS channel differencing for icing hazard
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation Weather, GOES, Icing, Satellites
Tagged aircraft, channel, differencing, GOES-11, Icing, MODIS
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GOES-R ABI smoke imagery for the Proving Ground
J. Braun, Louis Grasso and Don Hillger GOES-R ABI will have the ability to produce imagery at 0.47 µm (blue) and at 0.67 µm (red). Although GOES-R will be unable to produce any images at 0.555 µm (green), color imagery … Continue reading
Posted in Fire Weather, GOES, GOES R, GOES-R Proving Ground, Visibility
Tagged ABI, detection, GOES, GOES R, smoke, wildfire
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