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Wildland fire smoke is visible in this Suomi NPP VIIRS true color imagery, which was acquired on June 1, 2025

Viewing Smoke in FIRMS

FIRMS was used to track the spread of smoke plumes during the Canadian wildland fires in June 2025.
Blog
June 17, 2025
Base corrected reflectance image with aerosol index acquired on November 12, 2024, by the Suomi NPP/VIIRS instrument overlaid with AERONET sites showing ground-based aerosol optical depth measurements.

Smog over Pakistan

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
NOAA-21 OMPS Aerosol Index overlaid on NOAA-21 VIIRS true color imagery

Canadian Wildfires and Recent PyroCb Events

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
Dr. David Peterson, Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist poses with a globe showing wavy patterns of satellite data. Peterson is in a white, button-down shirt and sitting in the lobby of a large office building. A staircase with a white railing can be seen in the background.

Dr. David Peterson

For meteorologist David Peterson, Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) data are crucial for studying pyrocumulonimbus events.
Data User Story
Aug. 28, 2023
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