This summer's JPSS SPARKS students gave presentations on their research projects, developed with NOAA mentors, on August 9.
GOES-East Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) captured a tornado outbreak in Iowa last month and mapped the density of lightning flashes within the storm. CICS-MD Scientist Patrick Meyers started with the GLM data to create this video of the event.
CICS-MD Scientist Patrick Meyers uses the record-breaking rain in the Mid-Atlantic on July 21-25 to test a new satellite precipitation algorithm.