NOAA Daily Operational Significant Events Support Report 6 Jun 2003
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** [Russia]
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 – see below** [Africa]
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, June 5, 2003 are as follows:
FIRES IN RUSSIA
IMAGE D15601 MODIS-AQUA> Channels 22, 2, 1<>06/05/2003 04:30 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Russia
Heat signatures (red), burn scars (dark green to charcoal), and smoke (light blue haze) are visible
from fires burning in Russia in this MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)
image from the Aqua satellite.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (552K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus156_MOL.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus156_MOL.jpg
Standard (1256X999)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus156_MO.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus156_MO.jpg
AIRBORNE DUST OFF COAST OF MAURITANIA
IMAGE D15602: EUMETSAT METEOSAT> Channels VIS, IR, IR<>06/05/2003 12:00
UTC<>Multichannel color composite<>coast of Mauritania
Airborne dust (indicated by the yellow arrows) is visible streaming off the coast of Mauritania out
over the Pacific Ocean.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (578K) formats.
Preview (500X395):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/Africa_W/2003/DSTafrW156_MTL.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/Africa_W/2003/DSTafrW156_MTL.jpg
Standard (1280X1011)
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/Africa_W/2003/DSTafrW156_MT.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Dust/Africa_W/2003/DSTafrW156_MT.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)
