songda

NOAA POLAR ORBITING WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGES

Produced aboard the container ship Mokihana

using a Hamtronics R139 receiver and WXTOIMG software.

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Thomas Williams, K9AC

AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2004

Super-Typhoon Songda

Typhoon northwest of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands.

NOAA 15 infrared analysis 0839 Z, September 2, 2004.

Typhoon Songda

Infrared precipitation enhanced image of Typhoon Songda. + marks M/V Mokihana's position. 0044 Z, September 1, 2004

Typhoon Songda 3-D Anaglyph

Spectacular three-dimensional image of Typhoon Songda northwest of Guam.

NOAA 15, September 2, 2004

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Ship Exhaust Condensation Plumes

X marks M/V Mokihana's position.

Horizontal grid spacing 450 nautical miles, vertical grid spacing 600 nautical miles (10 degrees).

Multispectral analysis with precipitation enhancement. Kuril Islands at upper left.

Ship Exhaust Condensation Plumes

The Kamchatka Peninsula is at the top of this image.

The ships are in a saturated stable air mass which is close to the dew point temperature.

Ship Exhaust Condensation Plumes

Container ships M/V Mokihana in center, M/V Santa Monica above.

Near-infrared contrast enhancement. NOAA 17, 2127 Z, September 17, 2004

Ship Exhaust Condensation Plumes

Multispectral analysis.