Posted on 08/15/2003 10:33:57 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
NOAA
Media Contact:
Greg Hernandez, NOAA
(202) 482-3091, Gregory.Hernandez@noaa.gov
Aug. 15, 2003
NOAA POSTS IMAGES ONLINE OF NORTHEAST BLACKOUT
NOAA today posted online satellite images taken before and after of the historic
blackout of the Northeastern United States, which plunged millions of people
into darkness. NOAA processed the night lights data taken by the Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). NOAA archives the data from the satellite.
* NOAA image of night lights before the blackout in the Northeastern USA taken
Aug. 13, 2003, at 9:21 p.m. EDT. NOAA processed the data from the Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program. Please credit NOAA/DMSP.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/nightlights-081403-0121z2.jpg (45KB)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/nightlights-081403-0121z.jpg (723KB)
* NOAA image for larger view of blackout in the Northeastern USA taken Aug. 14,
2003, at 9:03 p.m. EDT. NOAA processed the data from the Defense Meteorological
Satellite Program. Please credit NOAA/DMSP.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/nightlights-081503-0103z2.jpg (49KB)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/nightlights-081503-0103z.jpg (794KB)
NOAA also has available a USA night lights cloud-free composite image taken by
the DMSP from Oct. 1, 1994, to March 31, 1995. NOAA processed the data from the
Defense Meteorological Satellite. Please credit NOAA/DMSP.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/usa-nightlights1994-1995b.jpg (85KB)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/images/usa-nightlights1994-1995.jpg (961KB)
The following images were processed by the Air Force Weather Agency. There are
two versions of each image, with and without annotations.
Please credit the following images to the Air Force Weather Agency or AFWA. They
processed the images using the DMSP.
Night Lights satellite image about 20 hours before the blackout taken Aug. 13, 2003.
* With annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081403-20hrsbefore-text.jpg (156KB)
* Without annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081403-20hrsbefore.jpg (149KB)
Night Lights satellite image about seven hours after the blackout.
* With annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081503-7hrsafter-text.jpg (148KB)
* Without annotations
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081503-7hrsafter.jpg (136KB)
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prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing
environmental stewardship of the nation’s coastal and marine resources. NOAA is
part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Relevant Web Sites
* NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/
* NOAA Satellites
http://www.noaa.gov/satellites.html
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