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Earth from Orbit: Tracking Fires from Space
NOAA satellites monitored numerous fires over the Southern Plains, the majority of which were likely prescribed burns.
Earth from Orbit
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Earth from Orbit: Superior Flow of Clouds
NOAA satellites monitored lake-effect clouds flowing over Lake Superior. Learn more about this phenomenon in this week's Earth from Orbit video.
Announcement
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In a First for NESDIS, JPSS Ground Program Moves its Data to the Cloud
One of the JPSS program’s system of ground stations is located in Norway’s remote Svalbard islands. Antennas at the station here collect data from sat
Earth from Orbit
Dust plume from the Sahara desert in Africa blowing across the Atlantic ocean.
Earth from Orbit: Tracking Dust in the Wind
NOAA satellites monitored a large plume of dust from the Sahara Desert as it traveled off the west coast of North Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean.
Feature Story
Beating Back the Tides from Earth Orbit
High-tide floods, also known as nuisance floods, sunny-day floods, and recurrent tidal floods, occur “when tides reach anywhere from 1.75 to 2 feet
Feature Story
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FIRST INSTRUMENT FOR JPSS-2 SATELLITE ARRIVES FOR INTEGRATION & TEST
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the first instrument for NOAA’s next polar-orbiting weather satellite, arrived at Northrop Grum
Feature Story
JPSS Satellites Provide Unique Perspective of Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura made landfall Thursday morning, hammering the Louisiana and Texas coasts with 150 mile-per-hour winds
Feature Story
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New Data Product Warns Alaska Pilots of Clouds, Dangerously Cold Weather
A new product that alerts pilots to clouds, icy conditions and dangerously cold temperatures is tapping into NOAA’s Joint…