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.
Suomi NPP data announcement
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FIRMS was used to track the spread of smoke plumes during the Canadian wildland fires in June 2025.
Blog
June 17, 2025
Explore OPERA’s near-global land surface disturbance at 30-meter resolution.
News
June 13, 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
The new VIIRS near real-time product is already in use, and users are encouraged to explore this replacement option for MODIS-based flood products.
Blog
June 2, 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
The OPERA Level 3 displacement products provide detailed information on land surface changes, and include the first open-access InSAR time-series displacement products available over North America.
News
May 22, 2025
Image for May 8, 2025, derived from OPERA's Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Land Surface Disturbance data.
Worldview Image of the Week
May 15, 2025
Image captured April 29, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
May 1, 2025
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