If you're an Earth junkie like some of us at Universe Today, then you'll appreciate these new images from the NOAA's newest satellite.
If you’re an Earth junkie like some of us at Universe Today, then you’ve already seen images from these satellites. The images are used to track all sorts of things: dust storms, forest fires, algae blooms, ice coverage, volcanic eruptions, heat waves, vast storms with their embedded lightning, and lots of other stuff.
Sediment creates the turquoise colour in the Caribbean Sea in this image of Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Image Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imagery Team. The image above shows haze and smog over Northern India, which is likely due to agricultural burning. The snow-capped Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau are also visible to the north. Image Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imagery Team.
“VIIRS serves so many disciplines, it’s an absolutely critical set of measurements,” said Dr. James Gleason, NASA project scientist for the JPSS Flight Project. “VIIRS provides many different data products that are used by scientists in unrelated fields, from agricultural economists trying to do crop forecasts, to air quality scientists forecasting where wildfire smoke will be, to disaster support teams who count night lights to understand the impact of a disaster.
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