NWS Radar (KMUX)
Source: National Weather Service
The KMUX WSR-88D is an S-band Doppler, dual polarized weather radar, which NWS uses to collect meteorological data to support weather forecasts and severe weather warnings for portions of Northern California. The KMUX WSR-88D antenna transmits a narrow focused main beam with a width of 1 degree.
NOAA Satellite (PSW)
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This image is not a single channel but a combination of several GOES-R channels along with a polar orbiting satellite. During daytime, bands 1, 2 and 3 (red, blue and "veggie") are combined to produce an approximation of how it would appear if viewed with human eyes from space.
At night, bands 7 and 13 are combined and colorized. The nighttime blue colors represent liquid water clouds such as fog and stratus, while gray to white indicate higher ice clouds. Finally, from a polar orbiting NASA satellite, the nighttime city lights are added.
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The "IR Longwave Window " band
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The traditional infrared view channel. Observations from this infrared window channel, with other wavelengths, contributes to many satellite derived products, such as precipitation estimates, cloud-drift winds, hurricane intensity and track analyses, cloud-top heights, and volcanic ash detection, as well as fog detection, cloud phase, and cloud particle size estimates.