Jump to Content

COVID-19

Content

See: Satellite detects changes in nighttime lights in NYC Metro area

More On

satellite images

Earth observations

Tapping into data from the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite’s Day/Night Band, NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, and the Colorado School of Mines examined the difference in illumination of urban and suburban lights between February and March, 2020. By doing so, the scientists were able to detect areas of dimming (blue), and in some cases brightening (red), of nighttime lights from the Mid-Atlantic to New England.

NOAA exploring effects of COVID-19 response on the environment

More On

Paolo Wilczak, a pilot with Scientific Aviation, flies an air sampling mission over Groton, Connecticut, as part of the East Coast Outflow Experiment on April 25, 2020. Scientific Aviation is helping NOAA collect air samples for this research project.

NOAA polar-orbiting satellites see drop in U.S. air pollution in March

More On

polar-orbiting satellite (POES)

An undated stock image of the sky above the cloud line.