NOAA Daily Operational Significant Events Support Report 7 Aug 2003
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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 [Portugal/Spain, Russia]
2. Floods – no imagery posted
3. Tropical Systems – see below [W. Pacific]
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 – no imagery posted
Significant events identified by Satellite Analysis Branch meteorologists and reviewed by the
Operational Significant Event Imagery support team Thursday August 7, 2003 are as follows:
FIRES IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN
IMAGE D21901: NOAA-16 LAC> Channels 3, 2, 1<> 08/07/2003 14:08 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<> Portugal and Spain
Heat signatures (red), burn scars (charcoal to dark green), and smoke (light blue haze) are visible
from fires burning in Portugal and Spain in this NOAA-16 image. Rising temperatures on
Wednesday helped to spark new fires in Portugal where a total of 1,565 firefighters and 700
soldiers were battling the blazes. The Portuguese wildfires have now claimed fourteen lives and
an unknown number of homes.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (450K) formats.
Preview (500X398):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Europe_W/2003/FSMHSpor219_N6L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Europe_W/2003/FSMHSpor219_N6L.jpg
Standard (1280X1020):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Europe_W/2003/FSMHSpor219_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Europe_W/2003/FSMHSpor219_N6.jpg
TYPHOON 11W (ETAU)
IMAGE D21902: MODIS Terra> Channels 1, 4, 3<> 08/07/2003 02:10 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<> W. Pacific
Typhoon 11W (Etau) was located over the East China Sea near 27.4N 128.6E at 06:00 UTC.
Etau has been moving north-northeastward at 10 knots with maximum sustained winds estimated
at 110 knots, gusts to 135 knots.
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (247K) formats.
Preview (500X532):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCetau219_MOL.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCetau219_MOL.jpg
Standard (818X870):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCetau219_MO.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/W_Pacific/2003/TRCetau219_MO.jpg
FIRES IN SIBERIA (RUSSIA)
IMAGE D21903: NOAA-16 HRPT> Channels 3, 2, 1<> 08/07/2003 02:20 UTC<>Multichannel
color composite<>Siberia (Russia)
Heat signatures (red), burn scars (charcoal), and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from
fires burning Siberia (Russia).
Image provided in preview (~65K) and standard (471K) formats.
Preview (500X410):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus219_N6L.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus219_N6L.jpg
Standard (1280X1050):
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus219_N6.jpg
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Russia_E/2003/FSMHSrus219_N6.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)