NOAA Daily Operational Significant Events Support Report 23 Mar 2003
Images listed below can be found at http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/
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 – see below** [Mexico/Central America]
2. Floods – no imagery posted
3. Tropical Systems – no imagery posted
4. Volcanoes – no imagery posted
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 – see below** [Iraq]
Significant events identified by Satellite Analysis Branch meteorologists and reviewed by the
Operational Significant Event Imagery support team Friday, March 21, 2003 are as follows:
OIL FIELDS BURNING IN IRAQ (ZOOM)
IMAGE D08001: NOAA-17> Channels 1, 2, 4 <>03/21/2003 07:31 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Iraq
Thick black smoke (indicated by the yellow arrow) is visible from oil fields burning in southern Iraq.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (280K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraqzoom080_N7L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraqzoom080_N7L.jpg
Standard (1280X1005)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraqzoom080_N7.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraqzoom080_N7.jpg
OIL FIELDS BURNING IN IRAQ
IMAGE D08002: NOAA-17> Channels 1, 2, 4 <>03/21/2003 07:31 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Iraq
Thick black smoke (indicated by the yellow arrow) is visible from oil fields burning in southern Iraq.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (493K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N7.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N7.jpg
Standard (1280X1005)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N7.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N7.jpg
OIL FIELDS BURNING IN IRAQ
IMAGE D08003: NOAA-16> Channels 1, 2, 4 <>03/21/2003 09:53 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Iraq
Thick black smoke (indicated by the yellow arrow) is visible from oil fields burning in southern Iraq.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (463K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N6.jpg
Standard (1280X1005)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMiraq080_N6.jpg
OIL FIELDS BURNING IN IRAQ
IMAGE D08004: NOAA-17> Channels 3 <>03/20/2003 19:06 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Iraq
Thick black smoke (indicated by the yellow arrow) is visible from oil fields burning in southern Iraq.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (245K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7.jpg
Standard (1280X1005)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7.jpg
OIL FIELDS BURNING IN IRAQ
IMAGE D08005: MODIS-TERRA> Channels 22, 2, 1 <>03/21/2003 07:25 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Iraq
Heat signatures (red) and thick black smoke (indicated by the yellow arrow) are visible from oil fields
burning in southern Iraq in this MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) image from
the Terra satellite.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (338K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMHSiraq080_MOL.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMHSiraq080_MOL.jpg
Standard (1280X1005)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMHSiraq080_MO.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FSMHSiraq080_MO.jpg
OIL FIELDS BURNING IN IRAQ
IMAGE D08006: MODIS-TERRA> Channels 1, 4, 3 <>03/21/2003 07:25 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Iraq
Thick black smoke (indicated by the yellow arrow) is visible from oil fields burning in southern Iraq.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (346K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7L.jpg
Standard (1280X1005)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Iraq/FHSiraq080_N7.jpg
FIRES BURNING IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
IMAGE D08007: MODIS-TERRA> Channels 22, 2, 1 <>03/20/2003 16:40 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Colorado and Wyoming
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Mexico and
throughout Central America in this MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) image
from the Terra satellite. Smoke (indicated by the yellow arrows) is visible extending over the Gulf of
Mexico.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (362K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Mexico/2003/FSMHSmex079_MOL.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Mexico/2003/FSMHSmex079_MOL.jpg
Standard (1280X1310)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Mexico/2003/FSMHSmex079_MO.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Mexico/2003/FSMHSmex079_MO.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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