NOAA-19 Satellite Fire Detections

NOAA-19 was the last satellite in the Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) constellation operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, collecting data on cloud cover; surface conditions such as ice, snow, and vegetation; atmospheric temperatures; and, moisture, aerosol, and ozone distributions. The instruments on board NOAA-19 include two radiometers, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 (AVHRR/3) and the Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer/2 (SBUV-2); three sounders, the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/4), Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A), and the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS); a space weather monitor, the Space Environment Monitor/2 (SEM-2); and an Advanced Data Collection System (ADCS). In addition, the satellite carries two search and rescue instruments: the Search and Rescue Repeater; and, the Search and Rescue Processor and three Digital Data Recorders.

The AVHRR on board NOAA-19 was a multichannel infrared imager that provided cloud cover, land surface, and sea-surface temperature data, including multispectral thermal imagery. NOAA-19/AVHRR data products have been used for numerical weather prediction and land surface monitoring. AVHRR data is distributed by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).