Commissioning of all instrumentation on America’s new Suomi NPP satellite nearly complete
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012
In this CrIS image the orange colors represent very warm sea surface temperatures, while magenta represents both very cold temperatures, as well as high-altitude cloud tops. When all of CrIS’s channels are used, users and scientists can obtain detailed, three dimensional views of atmospheric temperature and moisture.Download here. (Credit: NASA/NOAA)
A powerful instrument designed to give scientists…
