CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 8, 2024

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SSEC and CIMSS Scientists in the news: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provide expert interviews, imagery and case studies to promote science and satellite imagery. This week: 1) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributors Scott Bachmeier and Scott Lindstrom published the following case studies: "Cold Temperatures at 500 mb over Hawai’i lead to heavy rains" (March 05); "Industrial fire near Detroit" (March 04); "Eruption of La Cumbre (Fernandina) in the Galápagos Islands" (March 03); "Plume of blowing ash from the Smokehouse Creek Fire and Windy Deuce Fire burn scars in Texas" (March 02); "The Little Cloud that Could — until it couldn’t" (March 01); "LightningCast products with Himawari-9 data" (March 01). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608-263-4425; S. Bachmeier, CIMSS; E. Verbeten, SSEC, 608-263-4206.

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Figure: Imagery from the CSPP Geosphere site, shows a curiously static low cloud separating from clouds along the southern shore of Lake Michigan and subsequently moving north. For several hours the cloud persists, until it moves under cirrus streaming in from the west, at which point it dissipates rapidly. The reason for its persistence and dissipation is left as an exercise for the reader.

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