NOAA Daily Operational Significant Events Support Report 17 Apr 2003
Satellite information that appears in filenames below:
G8 – GOES-8
G10- GOES-10
GM – GMS
MT – METEOSAT
N2 – NOAA-12 (AVHRR)
N4 – NOAA-14 (AVHRR)
N5 – NOAA-15 (AVHRR)
N6 – NOAA-16 (AVHRR)
The following categories of significant events were searched for in imagery available in the Satellite
Services Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
1. Fires – no imagery posted
2. Floods – no imagery posted
3. Tropical Systems – see below** [W. Pacific Ocean]
4. Volcanoes – no imagery posted
5. Ocean – no imagery posted
6. Ice – no imagery posted
7. Dust Storms – [New Mexico/Texas]
8. Storms -no imagery posted
9. Severe – no imagery posted
10. Snow – no imagery posted
11. Unique – no imagery posted
Significant events identified by Satellite Analysis Branch meteorologists and reviewed by the
Operational Significant Event Imagery support team Thursday, April 17, 2003 are as follows:
DUST STORM ACROSS TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO
IMAGE D10701: NOAA-16 > Channels 1,2, 4 <> 04/15/2003 20:27 UTC<>Multichannel color
composite<>New Mexico and Texas
Dust (gray haze) is visible across the parts of New Mexico and Texas in this NOAA-16 image.
Powerful winds with gusts as high as 130 mph swept through southern New Mexico on April 15, 2003,
prompting road closures and causing a 10-car pileup that killed two people.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (710K) formats.
Preview (500X434):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_N6L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_N6L.jpg
Standard (1280X1110)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_N6.jpg
DUST STORM ACROSS TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO
IMAGE D10702: MODIS-AQUA> Channels 1, 4, 3 <> 04/15/2003 20:21 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>New Mexico and Texas
Dust (tan haze) is visible across the parts of New Mexico and Texas in this MODIS (Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) true color image from the Aqua satellite. Powerful winds with
gusts as high as 130 mph swept through southern New Mexico on April 15, 2003, prompting road
closures and causing a 10-car pileup that killed two people. Data source provided by Space Science
and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (652K) formats.
Preview (500X4114):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_MOL.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_MOL.jpg
Standard (1280X159)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_MO.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/US_Plains/2003/DSTusPL107_MO.jpg
TYPHOON 02W (KUJIRA)
IMAGE D10703: GMS> Channels 1, 3, 4 <>04/17/2003 05:32 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>W. Pacific
Typhoon 02W (Kujira) was located over the Pacific Ocean near 13.9N 132.8E at 06:00 UTC. Kujira
has been moving westward at 8 knots with maximum sustained winds estimated at 105 knots, gusts at
130 knots.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (554K) formats.
Preview (500X401):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCkujira107_GML.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCkujira107_GML.jpg
Standard (1280X1026)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCkujira107_GM.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCkujira107_GM.jpg
The NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery Support Team
Interactive Processing Branch, (E/SP22)
tel: (301) 763-8142
fax: (301) 899-9196
If you have any questions or comments, please contact the appropriate OSEI scientist:
George Stephens, Hydrologist, OSEI Team Leader
[OSEI questions / comments, OSEI product creation, Image processing, OSEI dust event contact,
OSEI fire event contact, OSEI snow cover event contact, OSEI volcanic event contact]
George.Stephens@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8142 X129
Robert Fennimore, Meteorologist
[OSEI questions / comments, OSEI product creation, Image processing, OSEI GIS product
contact, OSEI tropical event contact, OSEI snow event contact]
Rob.Fennimore@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8142 X132
Ralph Meiggs, Physical Scientist
[OSEI questions / comments, Image processing, OSEI ocean event contact, OSEI ice event
contact]
Ralph.Meiggs@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8142 X137
William Tseng, Oceanographer
[OSEI questions / comments, Image processing, OSEI ocean event contact, OSEI ice event
contact]
William.Tseng@noaa.gov
(301) 763-8142 X124
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