23 November 2011
First True Color VIIRS Image from NPP
Posted by Dan Satterfield
NASA released the first image taken with the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer on the new NPP satellite today. It was taken yesterday (Nov 21,2011), and for those who have never been to the Bahamas, the water there is really that blue! NPP promises to deliver some great science in the coming years, and will play a big role in improving our knowledge of forecasting and climate.
from NASA- NPP satellite. Click for a high res look.
Below is the full res picture. Warning, it’s huge but well worth clicking on to see all the ones and zeroes..
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.