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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the first image of its NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Instrument.
The recently launched satellite captured a stunning panoramic view of Earth, created from swathes of data captured around the world over a 24-hour period between December 24 and December 20. 5 and dec. 6.
Polar-orbiting satellites observe the entire planet twice a day, unlike geostationary satellites.
According to the agency, the mosaic image shows bright blue water containing phytoplankton in the Caribbean Sea, moving weather systems and smog from agricultural fires in northern India.
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The above image captured by NOAA-21’s VIIRS instrument shows the color of the ocean around the southern tip of Florida and the Caribbean.
(Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imaging Team)
Dr. Satya Kalluri, a program scientist with the Joint Polar Satellite System, said in a statement that the turquoise color around Cuba and the Bahamas is due to sediment in the shallow waters around the continental shelf.
VIIRS provides measurements of ocean color helping to detect harmful algal blooms and monitor phytoplankton activity and sea surface temperature.
This satellite image released by NOAA on October 21 shows smoke from massive wildfires over the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
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On the ground, the satellite, which also flies on the NOAA-20 and Suomi-NPP satellites of the Joint Polar Satellite System, is capable of detecting and measure the intensity of forest firesdroughts and floods.
Fire intensity is entered into a product that tracks the thickness and movement of wildfire smoke.
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VIIRS also generates critical environmental products on snow and ice cover, clouds, fog, aerosols and dust, as well as the health of the world’s crops.
Unlike geostationary satellites, polar-orbiting satellites capture swathes of data around the world, observing 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 created from these fringes over a 24-hour period between December 21 and December 21. 5 and dec. 6, 2022.
(NOAA STAR VIIRS SDR Team).
The instrument was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 1. 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 operation of all satellites in the system.
