Polar2Grid version 3.0 (released earlier this year; see this blog post, and this one on displaying individual VIIRS channels) has the capability (like earlier versions) to create imagery from selected individual ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder) channels, and for some derived products as well. In this example, I would like to create imagery on February 3rd and 4th around the Hawai’ian... Read More

Note: NOAA-21 data used in this blog post are preliminary and non-operational. Imagery was created using Polar2Grid v3.0.The CIMSS Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) team has released Polar2Grid version 3.0, a software package that can be used (among many other things!) to create high-quality imagery from JPSS Sensor Data Record (SDR) files... Read More

NOAA’s newest satellite, NOAA-21, has started sending data to Earth with each overpass. The satellite launched 3 months ago as JPSS-2, and was renamed NOAA-21 once in orbit. NOAA-21 joins the Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 satellites in polar orbit around Earth. CIMSS acquires NOAA-21 views of North America via Direct Broadcast... Read More

This post features 2022 highlights from a polar-orbiting perspective, with a focus on U.S. scenes, most acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) flying on the Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 satellites. Also in 2022: NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) launched the JPSS-2 satellite, renamed NOAA-21. First light imagery... Read More