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Convective Clouds/Systems (Observed/Analyzed) News
Articles, resources, and announcements from Convective Clouds/Systems (Observed/Analyzed).
Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) events (fire thunderstorms) caused by wildfires in western Canada were detected by the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument July 19-24, 2024.
News
NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides natural resource managers with near real-time active fire/hotspot locations using satellite-derived fire information.
Blog
View smoke in FIRMS using Corrected Reflectance Imagery or aerosol indices.
Blog
For meteorologist David Peterson, Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) data are crucial for studying pyrocumulonimbus events.
Data User Story
NASA’s GHRC DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Timothy Lang use lightning data to better understand the processes in convective storms.
Data User Story
Who Uses NASA Earth Science Data? Dr. Greg Jenkins, to study weather, climate, atmospheric chemistry, and air quality of West Africa.
Data User Story
Two meteorologists pioneered a new application of a single passive microwave frequency using DAAC data in 1995.
Feature Article
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