20251028 15102300 1.0 TRUE 150000000 5000 ItemDescription Black Marble Day/Night Band (BRDF-Corrected) for Hurricane Melissa October 2025. <div style='text-align:Left;'>Date of Images:Post-Event: October 29, 2025; October 30, 2025; October 31, 2025; November 1, 2025; November 2, 2025; November 4, 2025; November 7, 2025; November 8, 2025; November 9, 2025Pre-Event: September 2025 (Composite) Please Note: Images with majority cloud cover are not shown in the Map Viewer, but are available in the service.Summary: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. The baseline image is from September 2025, generated from all daily atmospheric and lunar-corrected data from that month. There is a layer to display where clouds are present. This comparison between the images is meant as a visual assessment of outage impacts 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.Suggested Use: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.The image is in inferno color scale. Yellow represents presence of more light; dark blue less lights. Observations may be obscured by total or partial cloud cover. Other factors such as snow reflectance, moon phase, wildfires, and wildfire smoke may distort light radiance and require further analysis when assessing power outages.Satellite/Sensor:Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB) onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Platform (SNPP), NOAA-20, and NOAA-21Resolution:500 metersCredits:NASA Black Marble Science teamPlease cite the following two references when using this data: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.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.Point of Contact:Ranjay ShresthaNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterE-mail: ranjay.m.shrestha@nasa.govAdditional Links:<a href='https://blackmarble.gsfc.nasa.gov/' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); font-family:inherit;' target='_blank'>NASA’s Black Marble Product Suite</a>Román, M.O. et al. (2019) Satellite-based assessment of electricity restoration efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. PLoS One, 14 (6).Román, M.O. et al. (2018) NASA’s Black Marble nighttime lights product suite. Remote Sensing of Environment. 210, 113–143.Service URL:See REST Endpoint on the right.WMS Endpoint:<a href='https://gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/gis05/services/DISASTERS_202510_HURRICANE_MELISSA/BlackMarble_BRDF/ImageServer/WMSServer' target='_blank'>https://gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/gis05/services/DISASTERS_202510_HURRICANE_MELISSA/BlackMarble_BRDF/ImageServer/WMSServer</a></div> USRA/NASA Black Marble Science team Black Marble Day/Night Band (BRDF-Corrected) for Hurricane Melissa October 2025 Black Marble NASA NASA Disasters Response Coordination System Black Marble Day-Night Band VIIRS floods Jamaica Cuba Bahamas Haiti <div style='text-align:Left;'><div>NASA data and products are freely available to federal, state, public, non-profit and commercial users. This information can be experimental- or research-grade data products and may not be appropriate for operational use. These NASA data products, services, and the Disasters Mapping Portal are intended to aid decision makers and enhance situational awareness, but these data are not guaranteed to be consistently available or routinely updated.</div></div> 20251031