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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 7, 2012

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Satellite Imagery of Severe Thunderstorm Outbreak Across Northeastern Texas: A major outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across northeastern Texas on April 3, 2012, which produced over a dozen tornadoes and widespread large hail in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) Satellite Blog (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/10122) posted a variety of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Suomi National Polar Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) images from this event. The 375-meter resolution of the VIIRS imagery was particularly revealing in terms of the numerous thunderstorm overshooting tops that could be identified. (S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, 608-263-3958)

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Figure caption: A comparison of Suomi National Polar Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) visible and InfraRed (IR) images showing numerous overshooting tops associated with severe thunderstorms across northeastern Texas on April 3, 2012.

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