B. Motta collaborated with the Boston NWS Warning and Forecast Office to request imagery for this important period. Early comments from the NWS forecast offices and related imagery will be placed on CIRA s Satellite Interpretation Discussion web page. Adjustments to the navigation parameters were made to better align the visible and infrared images for correlation of smoke with fires. Example of a GOES shortwave albedo image product over Florida.
Fires show up as white spots.
No smoke from fires is visible in this image, but the water immediately off the west coast of Florida has increased visible albedo, presumably due to the shallower water along this coast compared to the east coast of Florida. Albedos are enhanced in this visible albedo product compared to normal visible imagery.