01/15/2009 U.S. Airways New York City Accident
NEXRAD Radar data from 3:28 PM (less than 2 minutes after takeoff), shows a reflectivity
signature near the flight path of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 just north of LaGuardia Airport.
The Level-II NEXRAD Base Data is available:
Download
The NOAA Weather and Climate Toolkit may be used to visualize and export to
common formats including GIS and KMZ (Google Earth).
Launch the Toolkit with Accident Data
Example KMZ (Google Earth) output is available:
Original /
Smoothed
Image from the NOAA Weather and Climate Toolkit showing reflectivity signature:
Smoothed Image from the NOAA Weather and Climate Toolkit showing reflectivity signature:
For more information contact: Steve.Ansari@noaa.gov

