1September 25, 2012

NASA/GSFCN. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist

Southeast Asia Biomass Burning: Perspectives from Space

N. Christina Hsu

Laboratory for Climate and Radiation

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland USA

2September 25, 2012

NASA/GSFCN. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist

Some Mountain Peaks in N. Thailand

Doi Luang Chiang Dao

(2175 m)

Doi Inthanon (2565 m)

Doi Ang Khang (1928

m)

Doi Pha Hom Pak (2285 m)

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NASA/GSFCN. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist

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532 nmAttenuatedBackscatter

(km-1 sr-1)

Cirrus

Indian OceanGulf of Thailand

Stratocumulus

Gulf ofTonkinvicinity of Hanoi

Widespread Aerosol Layer

7 March 2010, aerosol layer overlying and overlapping with the stratiform cloud deck from ~16 N to ~27N

4September 25, 2012

NASA/GSFCN. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist

South AtlanticWest coast of Africa

Smoke plume decouple from the cloud layer

5September 25, 2012

NASA/GSFCN. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist

10/28/2011

NPP Launch

6September 25, 2012

NASA/GSFCN. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist

CERES

VIIRS

CrIS

ATMS

OMPS Limb

OMPS Nadir

VIIRS – Medium resolution Visible& Infra-red Imager

Name of Product Group Type Imagery * Imagery EDR Precipitable Water Atmosphere EDR Suspended Matter Atmosphere EDR Aerosol Optical Thickness Aerosol EDR Aerosol Particle Size Aerosol EDR Cloud Base Height Cloud EDR Cloud Cover/Layers Cloud EDR Cloud Effective Particle Size Cloud EDR Cloud Optical Thickness/Transmittance Cloud EDR Cloud Top Height Cloud EDR Cloud Top Pressure Cloud EDR Cloud Top Temperature Cloud EDR Active Fires Land Application Albedo (Surface) Land EDR Land Surface Temperature Land EDR Soil Moisture Land EDR Surface Type Land EDR Vegetation Index Land EDR Sea Surface Temperature * Ocean EDR Ocean Color and Chlorophyll Ocean EDR Net Heat Flux Ocean EDR Sea Ice Characterization Snow and Ice EDR Ice Surface Temperature Snow and Ice EDR Snow Cover and Depth Snow and Ice EDR

VIIRS 24 EDRsLand, Ocean, Atmosphere, Snow

* Product has a Key Performance attribute

NPP Satellite

VIIRS RGB image showing Smoke Plumes from New Mexico Fires

June 7, 2012

Smoke Plumes from New Mexico Fires June 7, 2012

Nighttime Light from NPP VIIRS Day-Night Band, June 5, 2012

Phoenix

Tucson El Paso

Albuquerque

Resolution Improvements: OLS vs. DNB

740 m instantaneous geometric field of view (DNB) from VIIRS vs. ~5 km for the OLS from DMSP results in dramatic spatial resolution improvements.

DNB Imagery courtesy of Steven Miller CIRA/CSU 9

Resolution Improvements: OLS vs. DNB

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740 m instantaneous geometric field of view (DNB) from VIIRS vs. ~5 km for the OLS from DMSP results in dramatic spatial resolution improvements.

DNB Imagery courtesy of Steven Miller CIRA/CSU

Continuing UV measurements from Aura/OMI to NPP/OMPS

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1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012

SeaWiFS

MODIS/Terra

MODIS/Aqua

VIIRSNPP/JPSS

TOMS/Nimbus-7 TOMS/Earth Probe

TOMS/Nimbus-7: 11/1/1978 - 5/6/1993, Earth Probe 7/96 – 5/01

AVHRR: NOAA-series August 1981 – present

SeaWiFS: September 1997 – present

MODIS Terra: February 2000 – present

MODIS Aqua: July 2002 – present

NPP VIIRS: 2011 –

AVHRR/NOAA-series (7 and on)

Aerosol Data Record Time SeriesAerosol Data Record Time Series