1. NPP VIIRS Over Thailand Forest Fire Application Veerachai Tanpipat APAN CM 13 February 2012 APAN 33 rd Meeting ECC, Chiang Mai, Thailand 13-17 February 2012

2. Transitioning Research to Operations Fundamental Science User Driven Research and Development Operational Use Experimental RS Systems e.g. MODIS, LDCM, EO1, Operational RS Systems e.g. AVHRR, NPOESS VIIRS, FLI? Chris Justice

3. 2011

4. VIIRS 27 JAN 2012 Band: VIIRS-I4-IMG-EDR_All: Brightness Temperature, Radiance and Reflectance Unknown strips of VIIRS daytime Image which occur in all bands

5. Radiance, 27 JAN 2012, 3 strips

6. Reflectance, 27 JAN 2012

7. MODIS Aqua 27 JAN 2012

8. With higher 375 m Resolution, there will be No Gaps Like MODIS http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/620506main_VIIRS_explanatory.jpg

9. http://ncc.nesdis.noaa.gov/SNO/SNOs//AQUA_NPP/SNOs_hist_AQUA_ NPP_20120112.html

10. Night Time 25 JAN 2012, there are strips all over in all bands

11. Night Time 25 JAN 2012, there is a strip in all bands

12. Night Time 30 JAN 2012, there is a strip in all bands

13. Night Time 30 JAN 2012 EDR-All_QF6 and EDR-All_SummedCloudCover

14. Night Time 30 JAN 2012 GEO-TC _All_Height Bowtie effect occurs like MODIS

15. Exchange email conversation with Chris Justice to add Thailand into VIIRS Fire Products calibration as we have been using MODIS Fire Products from FIRMS for daily fire control management since late 2006. He sent message to Ivan Csiszar, Wilfrid Schroeder, Evan Ellicott, Louis Giglio on 26 Jan 2012 as “……Yes validation in Thailand would be a good thing in the framework of GOFC GOLD. Thanks C” And No Reply Yet!

16. In conclusion It seems that VIIRS has the same problems as both MODIS have. We will have to use VIIRS fire products for Forest Fire Control Management in Thailand as we already use the MODIS Fire Products daily (when it begins to feed into FIRMS). Hopefully the Principle Investigators of VIIRS Fire Products will include Thailand as one of their calibration sites.

17. Thank You Very Much