JPSS ATMS/VIIRS imagery at the CIMSS Direct Broadcast ftp site is extended even further: San Juan, Puerto Rico data are added
This blog post reported on the addition of data from the AOML Direct Broadcast site in Miami to data from the SSEC/CIMSS Direct Broadcast ftp site. Now, data from the Direct Broadcast site in San Juan, Puerto Rico, have also been added, allowing imagery to extend all the way into central Brazil! These images are available at the CIMSS Direct Broadcast ftp site for Suomi NPP (https://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/eosdb/npp/) and for NOAA-20 (https://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/eosdb/j01) . The image above, for example, shows NOAA-20 Day Night Band imagery that combines data from the direct broadcast sites at AOML and San Juan (temporary direct link to CIMSS Direct Broadcast ftp site is here). The derived Sea Surface Temperature field from that time (here), shows River Surface Temperatures in the Amazon River basin! The first day-time image on 22 March, below, shows Suomi NPP (click here to see the orbits) data from the San Juan Puerto Rico antenna only — far out in the central Atlantic Ocean. (Here’s ATMS data — channel 21 at 183.31 GHz — that includes a map to help you judge where the data are!)
