Sentences with phrase «radiometer suite»
This followed a visible - light image taken by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on NASA - NOAA's Suomi NPP.
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How the image was made: The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite collected the data.
The combination of a series of Earth - observing satellite sensors, including the most recent Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and Sentinel - 3, could enable the production of a near - daily record of global ocean color measurements now spanning nearly 2 decades.
On February 20, 2017, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi NPP captured a natural - color image (above) of conditions over the northeastern Pacific.
Image credit: Composite image from Suomi National Polar - orbiting Partnership (NPP) satelllite Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
Orbiting instruments like the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on the Aqua satellite, and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite collect data on the color of the ocean.
Data from the Visible - Infrared Imager / Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on board the NASA / NOAA Suomi NPP satellite is able to detect these subtle differences in greenness, and is sending extraordinary images back to Earth giving us a clearer picture of vegetation around the world.
The environmental data sets from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and the MODIS sensors will continue into the next decade with data provided by their follow - on missions: the Global Precipitation Measurement mission to launch in early 2014, and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi National Polar - orbiting Partnership satellite currently in orbit.
Among its instruments is the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which has dramatically improved spatial resolution compared with its predecessor (the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, which earlier produced images of Earth at night).
This image, captured by NOAA / NASA's Suomi NPP's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), shows agricultural fires in the northernmost section of the Punjab state of India in October 2017.