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First Fire Images from VIIRS

The new instrument should become a primary resource for monitoring of biomass burning and for fire management.


Image courtesy Wilfrid Schroeder, University of Maryland Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, and Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research. Caption by Holli Riebeek, Wilfrid Schroeder, and Ivan Csiszar.

Published January 26, 2012
Data acquired January 19, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS