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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the first image of her NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument.
The recently launched satellite captured a stunning panoramic view of Earth, constructed from swaths of data collected over a 24-hour period between 5/2 and 6/2.
Unlike geostationary satellites, polar-orbiting satellites observe the entire planet twice a day.
According to the agency, the mosaic image shows light blue waters with phytoplankton in the Caribbean, shifting weather systems and smog from agricultural fires in northern India.
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The above image, taken by NOAA-21’s VIIRS instrument, shows ocean color around the southern tip of Florida and the Caribbean Sea.
(Image Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imagery Team)
DR Satya Kalluri, program scientist for the Joint Polar Satellite System, said in a news release that the turquoise color around Cuba and the Bahamas is due to sediment in the shallow waters around the continental shelf.
VIIRS provides ocean color measurements Assist in detecting harmful algal blooms and monitoring phytoplankton activity and sea surface temperature.
This satellite image released by NOAA on Oct. 21 shows smoke from massive wildfires over the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
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Over land, the instrument, which also flies on the Joint Polar Satellite System’s NOAA-20 and Suomi-NPP satellites, can detect and Measure the intensity of forest firesdroughts and floods.
Fire intensity is fed into a product that tracks wildfire smoke thickness and movement.
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VIIRS also produces critical environmental products on snow and ice cover, clouds, fog, aerosols and dust, and the health of the world’s crops.
Unlike geostationary satellites, polar-orbiting satellites collect swathes of data across the globe and observe the entire planet twice a day. This global mosaic, captured by the VIIRS instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite, is a composite image composed of these plumes over a 24-hour period between Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, 2022.
(NOAA STAR VIIRS SDR Team.)
The instrument was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 10
NOAA-21, formerly known as JPSS-2, is the second operational satellite in a series called the Joint Polar Satellite System.
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NOAA and NASA oversee the development, launch, testing, and operations of all satellites in the system.
