VIIRS Imagery Examples Steven Miller Cooperative Institute for

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VIIRS Imagery Examples Steven Miller Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado

VIIRS Imagery Examples Steven Miller Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Jeremy Solbrig, Mindy Surratt, Kim Richardson, Arunas Kuciauskas, Jeff Hawkins, Tom Lee and Richard Bankert Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA December 9, 2011

VIIRS: Zoom-In On Tokyo

VIIRS: Zoom-In On Tokyo

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples South Florida, Bahamas and Cuba

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples South Florida, Bahamas and Cuba

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Great Lakes Region

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Great Lakes Region

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Northeastern USA

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Northeastern USA

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico Aqua NOAA-19 MODIS

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico Aqua NOAA-19 MODIS AVHRR NPP VIIRS 11 -24 -11 1840 Z 11 -24 -11 2000 Z 1845 Z

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Edge of Scan Intercomparisons NOAA-19 AVHRR NPP VIIRS 11

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Edge of Scan Intercomparisons NOAA-19 AVHRR NPP VIIRS 11 -24 -11 2000 Z 1845 Z Aqua NPP MODIS VIIRS 11 -24 -11 1845 Z 1840 Z NOAA-19 AVHRR 11 -24 -11 2000 Z

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Southwest US and Baja California Note edge of scan

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Southwest US and Baja California Note edge of scan resolution degradation with MODIS imagery

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Southwest US and Baja California Note edge of scan

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Southwest US and Baja California Note edge of scan resolution degradation with MODIS imagery NOAA-18 NPP AVHRR VIIRS 11 -24 -11 2055 Z 11 -24 -11 2028 Z

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Southwest US and Baja California Zoom-In Orographic Wave Clouds

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Southwest US and Baja California Zoom-In Orographic Wave Clouds

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Colorado 11. 24. 2011 1845 Z, Near Edge of

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Colorado 11. 24. 2011 1845 Z, Near Edge of Scan 11. 24. 2011 2028 UTC, Near Nadir VIIRS maintains similar spatial resolution quality at edge of 3000 km swath

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Colorado

NPP VIIRS True Color Examples Colorado

NPP VIIRS DNB Examples City Lights Los Angeles & San Diego Metropolitan Areas Slight

NPP VIIRS DNB Examples City Lights Los Angeles & San Diego Metropolitan Areas Slight geolocation bias evident in coastal city light imagery. Correction is pending analysis

NPP VIIRS DNB Examples Agriculture “hole” in Salinas (dark spot in right image)

NPP VIIRS DNB Examples Agriculture “hole” in Salinas (dark spot in right image)

Near Real-Time Demo Domains Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly @ http: //www. nrlmry.

Near Real-Time Demo Domains Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly @ http: //www. nrlmry. navy. mil/VIIRS. html

Near Real-Time Demo Domains Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly: NASA Blue Marble

Near Real-Time Demo Domains Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly: NASA Blue Marble

Near Real-Time Demo Domains Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly: NASA Blue Marble

Near Real-Time Demo Domains Will populate two US domains/sectors shortly: NASA Blue Marble