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United Airlines Flight 967 – Severe Turbulence, July 20, 2010

Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin

Jeff Braun and Dan Lindsey NOAA/RAMMB CIRA/CSU ***(Also, please see addendum near the end of this message) The following are a sequence of GOES-13 visible images from 19:45 UTC on 20 July 2010 to 00:45 UTC on 21 July 2010. … Continue reading →

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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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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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GOES-11 Longwave channel difference for liquid water

Posted on February 25, 2010 by admin

J. Braun, Louie Grasso and Dan Lindsey Figure 1: GOES-11 (0.67) µm image for 24 February 2010. (click image for larger view) GOES-11 has two channels in the window region from which a channel difference can be produced. One channel … Continue reading →

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Thunderstorm features through channel differencing in the GOES-R Proving Ground

Posted on February 24, 2010 by admin

J. Braun GOES-R ABI will have several channels in the window region from which channel difference products can be produced. Four channels, 8.5, 10.35, 11.2, and 12.3 µm can be differenced to produce a total of six difference images. In … Continue reading →

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