The Advanced
Technology Microwave Sounder on board NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite,
NPP, acquired its first measurements on November 8, 2011. The image shows the
ATMS channel 18 data, which measures water vapor in the lower atmosphere.
Tropical Storm Sean is visible in the data, as the patch of blue, in the
Atlantic off the coast of the Southeastern United States. The data were
processed at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Md.
"NPP data
will improve our forecast skills out to 5 to 7 days in advance of extreme
weather events, including hurricanes, and severe weather outbreaks," said
Dr. Louis Uccellini, director of NOAA's National Centers for Environmental
Prediction. "With NPP, our goal is to make the accurate forecasts achieved
for this year’s events even better in the future."
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