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Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness News
Articles, resources, and announcements from Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness.
Sensors on Aqua, Suomi-NPP, and NOAA-20 detected fires and poor air quality across Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other countries in early April 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 10, 2026
Near real-time products available through LANCE provide crucial details about aerosol properties and atmospheric composition.
Blog
July 31, 2025
FIRMS was used to track the spread of smoke plumes during the Canadian wildland fires in June 2025.
Blog
June 17, 2025
Annual prescribed burns are crucial for improving and maintaining pasture and crop land health, and remote sensing data provides near real-time information on location and air quality.
News
June 6, 2025
Image captured May 29, 2025, by the VIIRS and OMPS instruments aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
May 30, 2025
Spring 2025 has been an unusually active period for dust storms over the Southwestern U.S.
News
March 25, 2025
Base corrected reflectance image acquired on Nov 12, 2024, with aerosol index overlaid with ground-based aerosol optical depth measurements.
Worldview Image of the Week
Nov. 14, 2024
Image captured on Aug 28, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Aug. 29, 2024
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