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NOAA-20 Captured Detailed Thermal Imagery of Bomb Cyclone
Forty-seven days after it was first launched, the NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite sent back its first thermal infrared images on…
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HERE'S WHY POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES ARE SO CRITICAL FOR WEATHER FORECASTING IN ALASKA
With a total area of more than 660,000 square miles, Alaska is not only the largest state in the U.S.; it's the largest state in the U.S. by far! Not
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How Many New Year’s Eves Will NOAA’s Satellites Celebrate?
Every year at midnight on December 31st, the mathematical and mysterious converge as we witness a new year begin! It’s a…
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How Many New Year’s Eves Will NOAA’s Satellites Celebrate?
Every year at midnight on December 31st, the mathematical and mysterious converge as we witness a new year begin! It’s a…
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Depicting the Strength of Irma's Winds with the RTMA
This data visualization shows the maximum wind gusts of Hurricane Irma.
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The 2017 Winter Solstice Arrives
The official start of astronomical winter, the winter solstice, occurred at 11:28 a.m. Eastern Time this morning, marking the…
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NOAA-20 VIIRS Day-Night Band Captures Japan and the Korean Peninsula
The NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sent back its first day-night band images…
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First Light Image from NOAA-20 VIIRS Captures Thomas Fire
Twenty-five days after JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) was launched into Earth orbit, the satellite sent back its first Visible Infrared Imagery.
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