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1 September 25, 2012 NASA/GSFC N. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist Southeast Asia Biomass Burning: Perspectives from Space N. Christina Hsu.

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1 1 September 25, 2012 NASA/GSFC N. 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

2 2 September 25, 2012 NASA/GSFC N. 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)

3 3 September 25, 2012 NASA/GSFC N. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist Volume Depolarization Ratio 532 nm Attenuated Backscatter (km -1 sr -1 ) Cirrus Indian Ocean Gulf of Thailand Stratocumulus Gulf of Tonkin vicinity of Hanoi Widespread Aerosol Layer 7 March 2010, aerosol layer overlying and overlapping with the stratiform cloud deck from ~16  N to ~27  N

4 4 September 25, 2012 NASA/GSFC N. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist South Atlantic West coast of Africa Smoke plume decouple from the cloud layer

5 5 September 25, 2012 NASA/GSFC N. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist 10/28/2011 NPP Launch

6 6 September 25, 2012 NASA/GSFC N. Christina Hsu, NPP Deputy Project Scientist CERES VIIRS CrIS ATMS OMPS Limb OMPS Nadir VIIRS – Medium resolution Visible& Infra-red Imager VIIRS 24 EDRs Land, Ocean, Atmosphere, Snow * Product has a Key Performance attribute NPP Satellite

7 VIIRS RGB image showing Smoke Plumes from New Mexico Fires June 7, 2012

8 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

9 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

10 Resolution Improvements: OLS vs. DNB 10  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

11 Continuing UV measurements from Aura/OMI to NPP/OMPS

12 12 197919821985198819911994199720002003200620092012 SeaWiFS MODIS/Terra MODIS/Aqua VIIRS NPP/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 Series

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