NOAA Daily Operational Significant Events Support Report 17 Jun 2003
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/
You can access this directory through the “Current” button in the navigation bar of the web site.
Satellite information that appears in filenames below:
G12 – GOES-12
G10 – GOES-10
G9 – GOES-9
MT – METEOSAT
N5 – NOAA-15 (AVHRR)
N6 – NOAA-16 (AVHRR)
N7 – NOAA-17 (AVHRR)
MO – MODIS
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 – see below** [New Mexico/Arizona]
2. Floods – no imagery posted
3. Tropical Systems – see below [ West Pacific]
4. Volcanoes – see below [ Mariana Islands]
5. Ocean – no imagery posted
6. Ice – no imagery posted
7. Dust Storms – no imagery posted
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 Tuesday, June 17, 2003 are as follows:
FIRES IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA
IMAGE D16801: NOAA-16 HRPT> Channels 3, 2, 1<>06/16/2003 20:35 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<> Arizona and New Mexico
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Utah, Arizona and
New Mexico in this NOAA-16 image.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (516K) formats.
Preview (500X371):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southwest/2003/FSMHSusSW168_N6L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southwest/2003/FSMHSusSW168_N6L.jpg
Standard (1176X873)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southwest/2003/FSMHSusSW168_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southwest/2003/FSMHSusSW168_N6.jpg
VOLCANO ERUPTION IN MARIANA ISLANDS
IMAGE D16802: MODIS -Aqua<> Channels 1, 2, 1 <>06/15/2003 03:20 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Mariana Islands
An ash plume (indicated by the yellow arrows) is visible from an eruption of the Anatahan Volcano in
the Mariana Islands in this MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) image from the
Aqua satellite.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (430K) formats.
Preview (500X399):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Volcano/Marianas/2003/VSHana168_MOL.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Volcano/Marianas/2003/VSHana168_MOL.jpg
Standard (1256X1002)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Volcano/Marianas/2003/VSHana168_MO.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Volcano/Marianas/2003/VSHana168_MO.jpg
TYPHOON 07W (SOUDELOR)
IMAGE D16803: GOES-9> Channels 1, 3, 4<>06/17/2003 09:02 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>W. Pacific
Typhoon 07W (Soudelor) was located over the Western Pacific Ocean near 22.0N 123.5E at 12:00
UTC. Soudelor has been moving north-northeastward at 12 knots with maximum sustained winds
estimated at 75 knots, gusts to 90 knots.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (516K) formats.
Preview (500X422):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCsoudelor168_G9L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCsoudelor168_G9L.jpg
Standard (1160X978)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCsoudelor168_G9.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCsoudelor168_G9.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
Ralph Meiggs, Physical Scientist
[OSEI questions / comments, Image processing, OSEI ocean event contact, OSEI ice event
contact, OSEI GIS product contact]
Ralph.E.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
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
