Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20.
Suomi NPP data announcement
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We used data from the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) to re-examine back-to-back December 1999 storms.
Blog
April 14, 2026
NASA significantly enhanced its MODIS and VIIRS near real-time flood products, enabling users to distinguish between unusual and recurring flooding.
Blog
April 10, 2026
Sensors on Aqua, Suomi-NPP, and NOAA-20 detected fires and poor air quality across Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other countries in early April 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 10, 2026
Several pollutants measured by TEMPO are available as ArcGIS image services, including nitrogen dioxide vertical column troposphere, formaldehyde vertical column, ozone total column, and cloud fraction.
News
April 1, 2026
The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-20 platform captured this image on March 26, 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
March 27, 2026
The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 platform captured this image on March 19, 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
March 19, 2026
The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 platform captured this image on March 10, 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
March 13, 2026
Image captured February 17, 2026, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
Feb. 19, 2026
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