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Wettest Year on Record for Many Cities in the Eastern U.S.
For much of 2018, satellite images have shown the Eastern U.S. covered in a thick blanket of clouds – and for good reason: Time and…
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Metop-C Launch Closes Final Chapter On Historic POES Program
The Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) project can claim a number of firsts in its 40-year history…
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Air Pollution Chokes Northern India
A cloud of unhealthy air pollution shrouded the skies of northern India again this week. It's a common sight in satellite images…
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Record December Snowfall in the Mid-Atlantic
GOES East captured heavy snow cover over the Mid-Atlantic region on Dec. 11, 2018.
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Saharan Dust Over The Cape Verde Islands
The NOAA-20 satellite viewed dust from the Sahara Desert be ingcarried by strong winds over the Cape Verde islands on Dec. 9, 2018.
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Thunderstorms Bring Much-Needed Rain to Southern Africa
December marks the start of meteorological summer in Earth's Southern Hemisphere. As the sun's direct rays shine south of the…
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Clouds or Snow? Here Are a Few Ways to Tell the Difference
At first glance, satellite imagery of the Earth can make it look like a giant blue and green marble with swirls of white. For…
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NOAA Targets January 2019 to Declare GOES-17 Operational
A recent software error on the GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager will delay the satellite from becoming operational until…
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