Suomi NPP Captures the Solar Eclipse - 21 August 2017
23 August 2017 - For the first time in almost 100 years a total solar eclipse passed over the contiguous US from the Pacific to the Atlantic. This is also the first American solar eclipse of the JPSS era, and fortunately the Suomi NPP satellite flew over the path of totality as it cross the Southeastern United States. S-NPP teams have contributed interesting images and data artifacts of the eclipse from the OMPS, VIIRS, and CrIS instruments, and the images at right show the impact of the eclipse on S-NPP data.
Additional Eclipse Resources
Path and Timing of the Eclipse over the United States
21 August 2017 - Image courtesy of NOAA NCEI
OMPS NP Radiance Shows Eclipse
21 August 2017 - Credit: Ding Liang, OMPS ICVS Team
OMPS NM Total Column Radiance
21 August 2017 - Credit: Ding Liang, OMPS ICVS Team
CrIS Brightness Temperature
21 August 2017 - Credit: Xin Jin, CrIS ICVS Team
GASP Aerosol Optical Depth
21 August 2017 - Credit: Shobha Kondragunta and Hai Zhang, STAR Air Quality Team
VIIRS Natural Color I Bands
21 August 2017 - Curtis Seaman, RAMMB/CIRA
VIIRS Day Night Band
21 August 2017 - Curtis Seaman, RAMMB/CIRA
VIIRS True Color Composite
21 August 2017 - Ninghai Sun, ICVS Team
