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Image of snow over the New England States
Snow Blankets New England
The Suomi NPP satellite flew over clear skies on January 10, 2018, capturing this image of snow on the ground in New England. Last…
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Farewell to GOES-13: The History of NOAA’s Former GOES East Satellite
For more than seven years, NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite has been actively monitoring the skies over the Western Hemisphere.
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NOAA Retires GOES-13 Satellite After 10 Years of Stellar Service
Makes way for next generation of weather imagery! NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite has captured some of the most notorious weather…
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First image from NOAA-20 CrIS
Forty-eight days after JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) was launched into Earth orbit, it sent back CrIS Imagery of the earth.
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The 2017-2027 Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space
NOAA is pleased to be a sponsor (along with NASA and USGS) of Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space.
Satellite Snapshots
Image of NOAA-20 Captured Detailed Thermal Imagery of Bomb Cyclone
NOAA-20 Captured Detailed Thermal Imagery of Bomb Cyclone
Forty-seven days after it was first launched, the NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite sent back its first thermal infrared images on…
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This image shows the surface air temperature from 23:00z on May 23, 2015 using NOAA's Real-time Mesoscale Analysis model (RTMA). The warmest temperatures are colored orange-red, colder colors are colored blue. The RTMA uses surface observation data from several sources, including NOAA polar-orbiting satellites, to create a highly accurate gridded analysis of past weather conditions.
HERE'S WHY POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES ARE SO CRITICAL FOR WEATHER FORECASTING IN ALASKA
With a total area of more than 660,000 square miles, Alaska is not only the largest state in the U.S.; it's the largest state in the U.S. by far! Not
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Image of Powerful Nor'easter Batters the U.S. East Coast
Powerful Nor'easter Batters the U.S. East Coast
NOAA's GOES East satellite captured this geocolor enhanced image of a powerful nor'easter moving up the U.S. Eastern Seaboard on…