{"id":12003,"date":"2012-12-17T23:32:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T23:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=12003"},"modified":"2012-12-18T01:08:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T01:08:59","slug":"aurora-borealis-as-seen-on-viirs-daynight-band-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/12003","title":{"rendered":"Aurora borealis as seen on VIIRS Day\/Night Band imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121217_suomi_npp_viirs_dnb_ir_aurora_alaska_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band and 11.45 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121217_suomi_npp_viirs_dnb_ir_aurora_alaska_anim.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band and 11.45 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A striking display of the aurora borealis was seen on AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band data across Alaska <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> and across northern Canada <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> during the night-time (pre-dawn) hours on <strong>17 December 2012<\/strong>. The corresponding VIIRS 11.45 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images are also shown, to help distinguish cloud features (colder green to yellow to red color enhancedment) from the bright aurora signature on the Day\/Night Band images.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121217_0906z_suomi_npp_viirs_dnb_ir_aurora_canada_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Suomii NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band and 11.45 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/12\/121217_0906z_suomi_npp_viirs_dnb_ir_aurora_canada_anim.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suomii NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band and 11.45 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A striking display of the aurora borealis was seen on AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 \u00c2\u00b5m Day\/Night Band data across Alaska (above) and across northern Canada (below) during the night-time (pre-dawn) hours on 17 December 2012. The corresponding VIIRS 11.45 \u00c2\u00b5m IR channel images are also shown, to help distinguish cloud features (colder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,49,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interpretation","category-suomi_npp","category-viirs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12006,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12003\/revisions\/12006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}