VIIRS Day/Night Band: nocturnal detection of wildfire smoke aloft
A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band, 11.45 µm IR, and IR difference “fog/stratus product” data (above) revealed that the Day/Night Band (DNB) can be used for nocturnal detection of dense layers of wildfire smoke aloft (in this case, over parts of Montana, Wyoming,... Read More