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This image of smoke stretching from fires in Alaska and Canada was captured by the VIIRS instrument on the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellites on June 29, 2015. Credit: NOAA Visualization Lab.
Alaska Firefighters Get Help From NOAA Satellites
5.1 million acres have burned in Alaska in 2015. It’s the second highest total on record, eclipsed only by the devastating 2004 fire season, which lef
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These maps, adapted from the U.S. National Climate Assessment issued in May 2014, show historical and projected patterns in the number of consecutive dry days experienced in different parts of the Great Plains. The historical map (left) shows the average annual maximum number of consecutive dry days during 1971-2000. Darker shades of orange signify longer dry spells. The projected maps show changes in consecutive dry days for 2041-2070, compared to 1971-2000. One scenario (center) assumes substantial reduct
DURING HISTORIC DROUGHTS, JPSS DATA PROVES VITAL
In recent years, droughts have become both more prevalent and severe, wreaking havoc in all 50 states and costing billions of dollars of damage with t
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GOES-R Preview for Broadcast Meteorologists
From June 10-12, 2015, broadcast meteorologists gathered for the American Meteorological Society’s 43rd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology.
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Gulf of Mexico Harmful Algal Bloom Bulletin, May 11, 2015. CREDIT: NOAA
From Sea to Shining Sea: How JPSS Data Support Ocean Ecosystem Health
Covering 70 percent of the earth surface, the ocean plays a critical role in shaping our weather patterns and climate, as well as providing vital food
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NOAA Experiments Help Build a Better Forecast
NOAA satellite experts and weather forecasters are working together at the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) in Norman, Oklahoma…
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NOAA's GOES-R Satellite Solar Array Spreads its Wing
The solar panel array on NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) – R spacecraft has been successfully…
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A home damaged by a mudflow is pictured in the area of the 2013 Springs Fire, in Camarillo, California, Dec. 2, 2014. The area was under mandatory evacuation as a powerful winter storm brought heavy rain to southern California burn areas in Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. CREDIT: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
JPSS Data Used for Predicting and Monitoring Atmospheric Rivers
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder instruments help forecasters monitor and predict drought-related weather patterns like atmospheric rivers.
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Image of Coral Bleaching
PRESERVING OUR CORAL REEFS
HOW NOAA’S POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITE DATA ARE USED TO HELP REEF CONSERVATION AROUND THE WORLD
The NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite’s Visible Infrared Imag