I received an email from Ernesto Rodriguez of the National Weather Service in San Juan this morning, regarding the rainfall data from NOAA’s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS). GOES-PRWEB uses the AHPS, so until NEXRAD is back online, the GOES-PRWEB results will be questionable.
Eric
Here is the email from Ernesto:
A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.
The GOES-13 satellite was offline from September 25 through October 19, 2012. During this time, solar radiation data for PR and the northern Caribbean Region were not available. However, the water and energy balance algorithm (GOES-PRWEB) continued to function with estimated solar radiation data. GOES-PRWEB results for solar radiation and 24 other hydro-climate variables are available at
https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/
This is bad news for the Caribbean Region. And this is very bad news for those of you that regularly download solar radiation data from pragwater.com or rely on results from GOES-PRWEB. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed Monday that GOES-13 has been placed in stand-by mode, following increased vibrations, or “noise,” observed in imagery over the past couple of days. For more information visit http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/key-us-weather-satellite-goes/78844
This post has implications on data from the following pragwater web pages:
https://pragwater.com/solar-radiation-data-for-pr-dr-and-haiti/
https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/
This composite satellite image from Sunday shows a lack of data from GOES-13 over the east coast of the U.S. (CIMSS Satellite Blog)
I gave this homework assignment to my Agroclimatology class today. Perhaps you would like to try it?
Homework Problem: Do you believe that global warming is real?
Please read the articles and watch the YouTube video at the following links and provide me with a 1 page argument either for or against man-made global warming. (If you are not in my class, you don’t have to submit the 1 page argument, however, you may want to leave a comment below.)
Climate Change: ‘Hoax’ Or Crime Of The Century?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhendrickson/2012/09/16/climate-change-hoax-or-crime-of-the-century/
Most Used Climate Myths and what the science says….
http://www.skepticalscience.com/
TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege – David Roberts – Climate Change is Simple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A7ktYbVwr90
PRAGWATER 