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New Satellite Liaison Blog Post

Bill Line published a blog post titled “Mid-Sep 2022 Western US Fires”. The post shares a visually pleasing wildfire hot spot + smoke AWIPS display, plus VIIRS DNB NCC examples highlighting the product’s value for tracking wildfire smoke and hot spots at night.  See Figure below. The link to the post can be found here. (POC: B. Line, CoRP/RAMMB, bill.line@noaa.gov) Funding: PDRA

Figure: 0922 UTC, 1013 UTC, 1103 UTC 10 Sep 2022 S-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Day Night Band (DNB) Near Constant Contrast (NCC) product over northwest Oregon. Cedar Creek Fire (lower right) glow and smoke plume are apparent, as well as city lights