NASA VIIRS Flaring

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Satellite thermal-hotspot detections (VIIRS) — a gas-flaring and thermal-activity proxy at well-site resolution.

What is NASA VIIRS Flaring?

NASA VIIRS Thermal Hotspots & Fire Activity — near-real-time satellite thermal detections that serve as a proxy for gas flaring and burn/thermal activity near well sites and facilities. Search by bounding box, minimum fire radiative power (FRP, in megawatts), detection confidence (low/nominal/high), day/night, and recency, or pull all detections within a radius of a well's lat/lon. Complements the CarbonMapper and ClimateTrace connectors: those quantify emissions, while this surfaces the raw daily thermal detections. Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Available Tools

searchThermalHotspots
Search VIIRS thermal hotspots by bbox, min FRP, confidence, day/night, and recency.
getHotspotsNearWell
Thermal hotspots within a radius (km) of a well lat/lon.
getServiceInfo
Field meanings and valid confidence/day-night values.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable NASA VIIRS Flaring with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call getHotspotsNearWell with a well's lat/lon, or searchThermalHotspots over a basin bbox with a minFrp threshold.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect NASA VIIRS Flaring to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect NASA VIIRS Flaring to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting NASA VIIRS Flaring to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"NASA VIIRS Flaring-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}