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6 Reasons Why NOAA’s GOES-R Satellite Matters
NOAA’s GOES-R weather satellite will soon be launched into space— becoming our nation’s most advanced geostationary…
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The Mississippi River Delta
The Mississippi River Delta, the largest in the U.S., is a melange of the rivershed and its associated river and streambeds,…
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JPSS Satellites Help Ships Navigate the Northwest Passage
Global commercial interests have long eyed the Northwest Passage as a shorter trade route between Europe and Asia…
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Have GOES-R Questions? Live Chat with our Experts
Want to know more about GOES-R's mission, the satellite, the launch, or the science behind it all? Join our Reddit Science AMA…
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Announcement
NOAA Awards Commercial Weather Data Pilot Contracts
On September 15, 2016, NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) awarded contracts to GeoOptics, Inc., and Spire Global, Inc., as part of the Commercial Weather Data Pilot.
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2016 Arctic Sea Ice Ties for Second Lowest Extent on Record
The sea ice extent shrank to 4.14 million square kilometers (1.60 million square miles). The National…
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Thermal Satellite Imagery Shows Variations in the Northeast U.S.
This image, captured on September 13, 2016, shows the difference in "skin temperature" -- the heat reflected off the Earth's…
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Satellite Snapshots
Thermal Satellite Imagery shows Variations in Northeast U.S.
Satellite instruments, like the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, can…
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