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<idAbs>&lt;div style='text-align:Left;'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Date of Image:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Pre-Event: September 2024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Post-Event: October 10, 2024 - October 18, 2024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Summary:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;These Black Marble Day-Night Band (BRDF-Corrected) images were created by the NASA Black Marble Science team. The images corrected for atmospheric, terrain, lunar BRDF, and straylight effects, and directly measures light intensity on the ground in units of nanowatts/(steradian centimeter squared). The images are scaled from 0 - 30, and show the impact of Hurricane Milton on electric grids in the Southeast US. The baseline image is from September 2024, a cloud-free, moon-free composite, and the “after" image from October 10, 2024. There is a layer to display where clouds are present. This comparison between the images is meant as a visual assessment of outage impacts from Francine to aid various partners who are working to deliver emergency aids to local communities. Power outage maps like these help disaster response efforts in the short-term as well as long-term monitoring during the crucial stages of disaster recovery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Suggested Use:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NASA's Black Marble Nighttime Light product suite is a state-of-the-art daily global collection of standard products for monitoring nighttime lights (NTL). Utilizing the Visible Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB) aboard the Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21 satellites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The image is in inferno color scale. Yellow represents presence of more light; dark blue less lights. Grey represents cloud cover.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Satellite/Sensor:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Platform (SNPP), NOAA-20, and NOAA-21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NOAA-20: September 2024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;SNPP: October 10, 2024 - October 17, 2024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Resolution:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;500 meters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Credits:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NASA Black Marble Science team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Please cite the following two references when using this data:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Román MO, Stokes EC, Shrestha R, Wang Z, Schultz L, Carlo EA, Sun Q, Bell J, Molthan A, Kalb V, Ji C. Satellite-based assessment of electricity restoration efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. PloS one. 2019 Jun 28;14(6):e0218883.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Román MO, Wang Z, Sun Q, Kalb V, Miller SD, Molthan A, Schultz L, Bell J, Stokes EC, Pandey B, Seto KC. NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2018 Jun 1;210:113-43.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Point of Contact:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Ranjay Shrestha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NASA Goddard Space Flight Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;E-mail: ranjay.m.shrestha@nasa.gov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Additional Links:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://blackmarble.gsfc.nasa.gov/' target='_blank' style='text-decoration:underline;'&gt;&lt;span&gt;NASA’s Black Marble Product Suite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Román, M.O. et al. (2019) Satellite-based assessment of electricity restoration efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. PLoS One, 14 (6).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Román, M.O. et al. (2018) NASA’s Black Marble nighttime lights product suite. Remote Sensing of Environment. 210, 113–143.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;Service URL:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='font-weight:bold;'&gt;WMS Endpoint:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</idAbs>
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