Suomi NPP VIIRS Captures River Valley Fog

September 5, 2012 | Mark Hobson

An AWIPS image of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.8 µm Day/Night Band data revealed the “dendritic fingers” signature of river valley fog across parts of southwestern Wisconsin and the adjacent Mississippi River Valley region at 3:17 am CDT 04 September 2012.

VIIRS Day/Night of river fog

For more details, including overlays of surface observations, see the CIMSS Blog.

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