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Weird Weather - NOAA Satellites Keep Watch When Weather Gets Weird
From thundersnow to upwards striking lightning, weather on Planet Earth can get pretty weird and NOAA’s fleet of satellites has…
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NOAA GOES East Satellite Captures the First Images from Space of Gigantic Jet Lightning
NOAA GOES East (GOES-16) satellite's Geostationary Lightning Mapper has captured the first images from space of 'gigantic jet' lightning.
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Fourth March Nor'easter Departs the East Coast
he Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this week's nor'easter moving away from the U.S. East Coast on March 22, 2018. The…
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Heavy Precipitation Event in California
A multi-day heavy precipitation event is underway in California. This image was captured by GOES East March 21, 2018 at 1700 UTC…
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Snow Blankets Eastern North America
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this view of clear skies over most of the northeastern United States and Canada on…
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NOAA GOES-S Satellite, Now Called GOES-17
The GOES-S satellite has reached geostationary orbit at roughly 22,300 miles up. Thus, it will now be called GOES-17.
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Swirling Ice Eddies in the Labrador Sea
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured these ice eddies in the Labrador Sea, off the coast of eastern Canada, on March 8,…
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From Launch to Operations: What Happens During NOAA-20’s Checkout Phase
The launch of JPSS-1 (now NOAA-20) was officially deemed a success about one hour after liftoff on November 18, 2017, when the…
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