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4 October 2013
Fall Color From the Terra Satellite
Nice shot of the peak fall color in the Adirondack’s from the true color MODIS on the Terra satellite. Some pretty cirrus as well, but can you spot the jet contrails??
13 October 2012
Fall Colors Are Peaking 10 Days Later Than the early 1980’s
The fall colors in America are peaking over 10 days later now than 30 years ago. How can you determine such a subjective thing as when fall colors are peaking? Well, that’s just as interesting as the results! Take a look at the graph below courtesy of Climate Central. The NDVI is the Normalized Difference Vegetative Index and in this case it was used to graph the times when the leaves were changing colors …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.