As the "Portal" for SNPP Direct Readout mission information, technologies and algorithms, the DRL enables the global Direct Readout community to process SNPP Earth monitoring data for real-time applications. The VIIRS sensor is a component of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite. NASA announced on January 25 at the American Meteorological Society annual meeting that the NPP mission has been renamed the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, or Suomi NPP, in honor of the late Verner Suomi, a pioneer of satellite meteorology. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) supports a Day-Night Band (DNB) sensor that provides global daily measurements of nocturnal visible and near-infrared (NIR) light that are suitable for Earth system science and applications. JPSS is the civilian component of the former National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), which was reorganized by the administration in 2010. The CrIS/ATMS instruments used for this product are on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) platform and use the Normal Spectral Resolution (NSR) data. ENVI reads imagery from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor, specifically the following: Active Fires Product ( AVAFO*.h5 ): ENVI displays these files as point vectors. Instruments can also be called sensors or payloads. JPSS will provide long-term systematic measurements of key environmental variables beginning about 2016. Suomi NPP CrIS measurements, sensor data record algorithm, calibration and validation activities, and record data quality YongHan,1 HenryRevercomb,2 MikeCromp,3 DeguiGu,4 DavidJohnson,5 DanielMooney,6 Deron Scott,7 Larrabee Strow,8 Gail Bingham,7 Lori Borg,2 Yong Chen,9 Daniel DeSlover,2 Mark Esplin,7 Denise Hagan,4 Xin Jin,10 Robert Knuteson,2 Howard Motteler,8 Joe … 5. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. This data will be used for long-term climate and global change studies. There are 16 moderate-resolution bands (750m at nadir), 5 image-resolution bands (375m), and one day-night band (DNB). This video covers how to use the LP DAAC website to learn more about the data products, how to interpret the VIIRS file naming convention, and how to understand the external metadata. Approximate time, at the equator when vehicle is directly overhead. In preparation for this system, Suomi NPP will provide risk reduction for this future operational system and it will maintain continuity of certain environmental data sets that were initiated with NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites. Launch Location: Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. SUOMI National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) The DRL serves the global Direct Readout community here on behalf of the SNPP mission. S-NPP is the initial spacecraft in this series, and VIIRS is the successor to MODIS for Earth science data product generation. There are 16 moderate-resolution bands (750m at nadir), 5 image-resolution bands (375m), and one day-night band (DNB). Figure 70: Suomi NPP image of the southernmost island state of Australia, located 240 km to the south of the Australian mainland, captured on 28 January 2019 with VIIRS instrument showing the various fires (image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from Suomi NPP, text by Kasha Patel) Level 2 surface reflec- Suomi NPP Launched: 2011 Organisation: NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (formerly NPOESS-1, NPOESS Preparatory Project - NPP) Meteorological, climatic, terrestrial, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical applications; global and regional environmental monitoring, search and rescue, data … The instrument has 22 spectral channels with band centers from 412 nm to 12,050 nm. The Suomi NPP VIIRS surface reflectance products are estimates of surface re- flectance in each of the VIIRS reflective bands I1-I3, M1-M5, M7, M8, M10, and M11. VIIRS M-band Pixel Aggregation and Bowtie Deletion. The data was acquired over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012. Assessment of NPP Ice Cloud Top Height after k-ratio update, with CALIPSO products (DR 7232) 3. Welcome to the Suomi-National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (Suomi-NPP or SNPP) spacecraft status page. This new system will provide nearly an order of magnitude more data than the current operational system. 15 April 2020. This data will be used for long-term climate and global change studies. On March 30, 2020, the Suomi-NPP satellite captured this imagery of fires dotting Kansas when it passed overhead around 2:26 p.m. local time (CDT). A springtime ritual from March through April, ranchers in the state often burn off dead grass in their cattle pastures to encourage new growth.