Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)

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Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)
The Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a plume of Saharan dust as winds lofted it over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24, 2024. The Sahara Desert is Earth’s largest source of airborne dust, and the particles can travel for thousands of miles. From late spring to early fall, it is common for the dry, dusty Saharan […]
Posted August 29, 2024
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Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
This Jan. 30, 2012 image of Earth was created from photographs taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite. Many features of North America and the Western Hemisphere are particularly visible.
Posted April 22, 2024
Auroras
Citizen Science
Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, over western Canada at 3:23 a.m. MST (5:23 a.m. EST) on November 5, 2023.
Posted January 17, 2024
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NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)
Suomi NPP (Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership)
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the ranking of the 2023 ozone hole.  It is the 12th largest single-day hole on record, and the 16th largest when averaged from Sept. 7 to Oct. 13. The 2023 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size on Sept. 21, according to annual satellite and balloon-based […]
Posted November 1, 2023
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