Smoke Example fires over Greece on 26 August 2007 Daniel Rosenfeld, MTG user consultation workshop, December 2007

Single channel 1 km 0.6  m MSG :12 Hot spots The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 0.8  m MSG :12 Hot spots The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 1.6  m MSG :12 Hot spots The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 0.4  m MODIS :10 The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 0.5  m MODIS :10 The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 0.6  m MODIS :10 The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 0.8  m MODIS :10 The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 1.2  m MODIS :10 The smoke disappears with the longer wavelengths

Single channel 1 km 2.1  m MODIS :10 The hot spots appear already at 2.1  m

Desert Dust Example dust cloud over Mediterranean Sea on 9 March 2007

0.4  m 1 km, Gamma=3 MODIS :10 The dust does not change at different solar wavelengths

0.5  m 1 km, Gamma=3 MODIS :10 The dust does not change at different solar wavelengths

0.6  m 1 km, Gamma=3 MODIS :10 The dust does not change at different solar wavelengths

0.8  m 1 km, Gamma=3 MODIS :10 The dust does not change at different solar wavelengths

1.2  m 1 km, Gamma=3 MODIS :10 The dust does not change at different solar wavelengths

2.1  m 1 km, Gamma=3 MODIS :10 The dust does not change at different solar wavelengths