Earth ID: 10997

Suomi Sees Asian Fires Migrate To North America

Released on June 6, 2012

Research Scientist Colin Seftor talks about images that he built from Suomi data. Suomi is originally known as NPP. In these images we see smoke travel from Asia to North America.

In this short video, research scientist Colin Seftor talks about images from the OMPS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite. Suomi (NPP) launched in the fall of 2011. These images show smoke from Asia that migrates to North America. Seftor explains the importance of aerosols to the studies of climate as well as how critical it is to collect long term data records.

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Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Lead Animator
Silvia Stoyanova (USRA): Video Editor
Colin Seftor (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Silvia Stoyanova (USRA): Producer
Colin Seftor (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Videographer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NOAA

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Mission:
NPP

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Keywords:
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Smoke
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Aerosols
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Climate Indicators >> Fire Weather Indices >> Fire Weather Index
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> NPP
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> OMPS

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0