Monthly Archives: April 2010

Oil and Water Really Don’t Mix

Posted on April 30, 2010 by admin

By J. Braun Additional information/images from  – Steven Miller, Bernie Connell, Dan Lindsey, and NASA Figure 1(above). Eleven crew members of the state of the art floating oil rig “Deepwater Horizon” are now presumed dead following an explosion on the rig … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

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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MODIS Longwave channel difference of Gulf Stream and Labrador currents

Posted on April 7, 2010 by admin

Jeff Braun and Louie Grasso Figures 1-4 show Modis images at 3.9, 8.53, 11.02, and 12.03 µm, respectively at 1825 UTC on 6 April 2010. Off the east coast of the United States, two ocean currents are evident in the … Continue reading →

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