Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20.
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False-color reflectance image of burned areas near the Greek town of Marathon acquired on Aug 18, 2024.
Worldview Image of the Week
Aug. 22, 2024
Geographer Veerachai Tanpipat promotes the use of NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) throughout the Lower Mekong River Region.
Feature Article
Aug. 20, 2024
Base corrected reflectance image with aerosol optical thickness acquired on August 15, 2024, by the Suomi NPP/VIIRS instrument overlaid with AERONET sites showing ground-based aerosol optical depth measurements.
Worldview Image of the Week
Aug. 16, 2024
Satellite instruments have trouble discerning fire activity under heavy clouds or smoke cover. These conditions can limit active fire detection.
Blog
Aug. 9, 2024
Image captured on August 7, 2024, by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Aug. 8, 2024
Image captured on July 31, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Aug. 1, 2024
Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) events (fire thunderstorms) caused by wildfires in western Canada were detected by the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument July 19-24, 2024.
News
July 30, 2024
Image captured on July 23, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
July 25, 2024
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