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This is a satellite view of wildfires across a portion of the Amazon Rainforest. The image shows popcorn clouds and wispy streaks of fire smoke over the forest and winding Amazon River. Overlayed across the image are hundreds of small red dots to mark the location of fires identified by satellite sensors.

Improving Fire Detection in the Amazon

NASA researchers are tweaking algorithms and combining data from multiple satellites to track tropical forest fires in Brazil.
Feature Article
Feb. 1, 2024
square image with grid of 8 squares showing new options for exploring FIRMS

Updated User Interface in FIRMS

NASA’s Fire information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) released an expanded User Interface (UI) for both FIRMS Global and FIRMS US/Canada.
Blog
Jan. 5, 2024
Black Marble Nighttime Blue/Yellow Composite (Day/Night Band) of Florida on 21 November 2023 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite

Florida's Night Lights

Image captured on Nov 21, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Nov. 21, 2023
True color corrected reflectance image overlaid with aerosol optical thickness showing high aerosol optical depth over India on 15 November 2023 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite

High Aerosol Optical Depth over India

True color corrected reflectance image acquired Nov 15, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite and overlaid with aerosol optical thickness values.
Worldview Image of the Week
Nov. 16, 2023
Typhoon Koinu over southern Taiwan on 4 October 2023 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite

Typhoon Koinu Over Southern Taiwan

Image captured on Oct 4, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Oct. 5, 2023
Dr. David Peterson, Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist poses with a globe showing wavy patterns of satellite data. Peterson is in a white, button-down shirt and sitting in the lobby of a large office building. A staircase with a white railing can be seen in the background.

Dr. David Peterson

For meteorologist David Peterson, Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) data are crucial for studying pyrocumulonimbus events.
Data User Story
Aug. 28, 2023
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