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The Suomi-NPP Marble Collection These various global views and animations of the Earth are composites assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite. + view collection

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Whats in a name: Why Suomi-NPP?
NASA renamed NPP in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi, a meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin who is recognized widely as "the father of satellite meteorology." [go to feature]


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