The NOAA satellite captures the mosaic of the Earth showing a stunning panoramic view
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the first image of its NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument..
The recently launched satellite captured a stunning panoramic view of Earth, created from swathes of data captured around the world over a 24-hour period between December 5 and 6.
Polar orbiting satellites observe the entire planet twice a day, unlike geostationary satellites.
According to the agency, the mosaic image shows bright blue water containing phytoplankton in the Caribbean Sea, moving weather systems and smog from agricultural fires in northern India.
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The image above captured by NOAA-21’s VIIRS instrument shows the color of the ocean around the southern tip of Florida and the Caribbean.
(Credit: NOAA STAR VIIRS Imagery Team)
Joint Polar Satellite System program scientist Dr. Satya Kalluri said in a statement that the turquoise color around Cuba and the Bahamas is due to sediment in the shallow waters around the continental shelf.
VIRUS provides ocean color measurements helping to detect harmful algal blooms and monitor phytoplankton activity and sea surface temperature.
This satellite image released by NOAA on Oct. 21 shows smoke from massive wildfires on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra.
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On the ground, the satellite, which also flies on the NOAA-20 and Suomi-NPP satellites of the Joint Polar Satellite System, is capable of detecting and measure the intensity of forest firesdroughts and floods.
Fire intensity feeds into a product that tracks wildfire smoke thickness and movement.
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VIIRS also generates critical environmental products on snow and ice cover, clouds, haze, aerosols and dust, as well as the health of the world’s crops.
Unlike geostationary satellites, polar-orbiting satellites capture swathes of data around the world and observe the entire planet twice a day. This global mosaic, captured by the VIIRS instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite, is a composite image created from these stripes over a 24-hour period between December 5 and 6, 2022.
(NOAA STAR VIIRS SDR team.)
The instrument was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 10.
NOAA-21, formerly known as JPSS-2, is the second operational satellite in a series called the Joint Polar Satellite System.
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NOAA and NASA oversee the development, launch, testing and operation of all satellites in the system.
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