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UV Aerosol Index News
Articles, resources, and announcements from UV Aerosol Index.
Spring 2025 has been an unusually active period for dust storms over the Southwestern U.S.
News
March 25, 2025
Base corrected reflectance image acquired on Nov 12, 2024, with aerosol index overlaid with ground-based aerosol optical depth measurements.
Worldview Image of the Week
Nov. 14, 2024
Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) events (fire thunderstorms) caused by wildfires in western Canada were detected by the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument July 19-24, 2024.
News
July 30, 2024
For meteorologist David Peterson, Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) data are crucial for studying pyrocumulonimbus events.
Data User Story
Aug. 28, 2023
Image captured Nov 1, 2021, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Dec. 7, 2021
Image captured on 10 April 2021, by the VIIRS instrument, aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 19, 2021
Image captured on 15 March 2021, by the VIIRS instrument, aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 12, 2021
Image captured on 28 March 2021, by the VIIRS instrument, aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 5, 2021
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