Latest MODIS View & SCAT Data
Posted by JAC on 4/30/2010, 7:07 am



250-meter resolution MODIS true color and false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC MOSIS Today site (above) showed that the oil slick resulting from the offshore oil rig fire and collapse (following an explosion on the night of 20 April 2010) continued to get closer to the coast of Louisiana on 29 April 2010.

A comparison of MODIS true color images on 25 April and 29 April (below) show the growth and change in shape of the oil slick during that period.





An AWIPS image of the MODIS visible channel data with an overlay of buoy, ship, and ASCAT scatterometer winds (below) showed that southeasterly winds at the surface across the northern Gulf of Mexico were helping to move the oil slick closer to the Mississippi River Delta region of Louisiana.






The POES AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product (below) revealed that the oil slick feature continued to exhibit SST values that were several degrees F cooler (upper 60s F, green colors) than the surrounding waters (lower 70s F, yellow to orange colors). The very warm SST values (upper 70s to low 80s F, darker red colors) associated with the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current can be seen in the lower right corner of the image.






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