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Ocean Bathymetry
The ocean floor is largely unexplored - ship based measurements, such as sonar, have mapped a small percentage of the open ocean…
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Saharan Dust Cloud Travels Across Atlantic
NOAA's satellites have detected a plume of dust moving off the coast of Africa. Though quite common, this particular plume, also called the Saharan…
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Exciting Imagery Available from the NEW GOES East!
Now in its new GOES East position, the advanced GOES-16 satellite has officially joined NOAA’s operational observation network, providing forecasters
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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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Thomas Fire Now Third-largest in California History
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this image of burn scars from the massive Thomas Fire that has been raging in…
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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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El Nino
El Nino is part of a global climate cycle that typically occurs every 2 to 5 years, and is associated with warmer than normal…
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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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