Suomi NPP News
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Satellite Captures Night-time image of California’s Springs Fire
From its orbit around the Earth, the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite or Suomi NPP satellite, captured a night-time image of California’s Springs Fire.
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NASA Transfers Operational Control of Suomi NPP to NOAA
The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite, a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), transitioned to NOAA operational organization control.
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Wildfires Light Up Western Australia
Why does the western portion of Australia look so lit up in the new "Black Marble" imagery?
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The Black Marble: Earth at Night
This new look at our planet at night shows the glow of natural and human-built phenomena across Earth in greater detail than ever before.
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NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP Satellite Returns First Year of Data
Just one year ago, on Oct. 28, 2011, the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite successfully blasted into orbit. Now it has completed its first year of returning Earth science data.
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Suomi NPP Satellite Captures Hurricane Sandy's Mid-Atlantic Blackout
Suomi NPP captured a night-time view of New York City, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania that revealed the extent of the power outages caused from Hurricane Sandy's landfall on October 29.
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Overnight View of Sandy →
This image of Hurricane Sandy was acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite around 2:11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 29, 2012.
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Sandy Remnants Move Inland →
Remnants of Hurricane Sandy moved inland in the early morning hours of October 31, 2012.
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Space-Based Aurora View from Suomi NPP
The gray wisps in this image aren't clouds: Suomi NPP saw this aurora stretch across Canada's Quebec and Ontario provinces early on Oct. 8.
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Night View of Hurricane Isaac
Suomi NPP captured this view of Hurricane Isaac's clouds (lit by moonlight) and the cities near the Gulf Coast of the United States at 1:57 a.m. local time.
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Suomi NPP Captures Russian, African Fires' Smoke
Powerful fires currently scorching parts of Russia and Africa sent up plumes of smoke into the atmosphere, observed by Suomi NPP.
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Nighttime Lights of London →
Millions will see London during the 2012 Olympics, but Suomi NPP has an entirely different perspective, as seen in this newly release image.
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Suomi NPP Sees Western U.S. Blazes
These images show how two of the most destructive fires in Colorado and New Mexico history grew over a 24-hour time period from June 9 to June 10.
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Images in an Instant: Suomi NPP Begins Direct Broadcast
Real-time data for everything from weather forecasts to disaster response is now being beamed to Earth from the nation’s newest Earth-observing satellite.
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NASA Measures Aerosols from Western Fires →
Wildfire smoke has affected large parts of the country, and aerosols have been especially thick over the Midwest.
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Satellite Sees Smoke from Siberian Fires Reach the U.S. Coast
Fires burning in Siberia recently sent smoke across the Pacific Ocean and into the U.S. and Canada.
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Suomi Ozone Suite Continues More Than 30 Years of Data
A new satellite instrument suite is now sending back detailed information about the health of the Earth's ozone layer, the shield that protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
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Infrared Sounder on NASA's Suomi NPP Starts its Mission
A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite has started sending its data back to Earth.
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VIIRS Eastern Hemisphere Image - Behind the Scenes
NASA scientists created a companion image to the wildly popular 'Blue Marble' released Jan. 25, 2012.
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'First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument
The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System instrument had its 'first light' moment aboard the Suomi NPP satellite.
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NASA-led Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy'
Inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth's heat and measurements of ocean heating led NASA scientists to reexamine the data to solve the puzzle.
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NPP Renamed in Honor of Satellite Pioneer
NASA renamed its newest Earth-observing satellite to honor the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin recognized widely as "the father of satellite meteorology."
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NPP Resumes Mission Checkout Phase
Activation and checkout of the full suite of instruments was delayed for several weeks after an anomaly was discovered in the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument.
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NPP'S VIIRS Instrument Returns First Image Data
The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements on Nov. 21, 2011.
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NPP Satellite Acquires First Moisture Measurements
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder on board NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first low-atmosphere moisture measurements on November 8, 2011.
Media Contact Information
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Md.
301.286.2483
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NASA Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov
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