Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch

Introduction:

This VISIT training session is an introduction to the Near Constant Contrast (NCC) Day/Night Band (DNB) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi/NPP satellite as displayed in AWIPS. The imagery is introduced, along with various applications and limitations to be aware of.

This training session is based on a VISIT satellite chat from 12/18/2015, it’s a truncated version of the satellite chat. The full satellite chat may be viewed here. This training session ends at 22:12 on the satellite chat video, one may view the the satellite chat video after that time if you already viewed this training session video.

Training Session Options:

NOAA/NWS students – to begin the training, use the web-based video, YouTube video, or audio playback options below (if present for this session). Certificates of completion for NOAA/NWS employees can be obtained by accessing the session via the Commerce Learn Center

1. YouTube video:

References / Additional Links:

• Powerpoint utilized for the training session video
• VIIRS NCC Quick Guide
• Hillger, D.; Kopp, T.; Seaman, C.; Miller, S.; Lindsey, D.; Stevens, E.; Solbrig, J.; Straka III, W.; Kreller, M.; Kuciauskas, A.; Terborg, A. User Validation of VIIRS Satellite Imagery. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 11.