Thermal Infrared Satellite Imagery

At night routine visible imagery is not feasible so weather forecasters must rely almost exclusively on infrared imagery.
Thermal infrared satellite imagery. The visible satellite imagery is essentially a snapshot of what the satellite sees. Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. Still infrared imagery has some limitations. The data are conveyed as regulated top of atmosphere at sensor radiances that are convertible to the equivalent brightness temperatures per noise equivalent temperature variance.
Please direct all questions and comments regarding goes e goes 16 images to. We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. Claudia künzer empirical line method elm elm applies a linear regression to each band by plotting dn or at satellite reflectance l. The global infrared satellite image shows clouds by their temperature.
Download landsat 7 or 8 image. Download imagery via the maps below. Atmospheric correction of thermal ir imagery thermal infrared remote sensing. Aster is a cooperative effort between nasa japan s ministry of economy trade and industry meti and japan space systems j spacesystems.
The thermal band is regulated on board by a dark body cavity as an extremely emissive shutter and a hot target at the ambient temperature of the instrument. Take control of your data. Real time data is received decoded and displayed within seconds of the satellite imaging an area. Detecting nighttime low clouds and fog can be difficult because the radiating temperatures of the tops of.
The advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer aster is an imaging instrument onboard terra the flagship satellite of nasa s earth observing system launched in december 1999. The thermal infrared sensor tirs has two bands in the long wave infrared. Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world. Thermal band is band 6 in landsat 7 and band 10 or 11 in landsat 8.
Interpreting visible and infrared satellite imagery.