This short tutorial will explain how Polar2Grid can show individual isobaric levels, and also lapse rates (dT/dp) between two isobaric levels. Polar2Grid is CSPP software designed to process files either from the NOAA NODD (EDR files for NOAA-20 are here; EDR files for NOAA-21 are here) or from Direct Broadcast antenna... Read More
Cuba’s largest power plant went offline around 0700 UTC on 4th December 2024 (media report), which led to a collapse of the power grid across much of the island. A toggle between VIIRS Day/Night Band images from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 (above) provided a before/after view of nighttime city light emissions across... Read More
GOES-18 airmass RGB imagery, above (created using geo2grid software), shows the development of a hurricane-force low to the west of Washington and Oregon on the 19th of November. The orange and purple colors in the RGB suggest a significant intrusion of stratospheric air. That air is rich in ozone, and... Read More
Mostly clear skies over the Great Lakes early on 18 November allowed for good satellite estimates of Lake Surface temperatures. They are, in a word, very warm. The toggle above compares estimates from NOAA-20 and from GOES-16. The stepped animation below (source) compares November 17th values this year with those... Read More
