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NOAA satellites are observing the Earth 24 hours a day to provide data that support the weather forecasts and warnings that Americans benefit from every day. This visualization provides a basic overview of that process - how data and information flows from out in space and into your life.
Final Direct Broadcast Reception Site Completed in Puerto Rico
Polar-orbiting weather satellites are essential assets that provide data that enable forecasters to make more accurate weather predictions three to se
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Ball Aerospace technicians lower the ATMS instrument onto the JPSS-1 spacecraft. Credit: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp
ALL INSTRUMENTS NOW INTEGRATED WITH JPSS-1 SPACECRAFT
The final instrument to be integrated with NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite is now complete, moving the spacecraft development
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Dr. Stephen Volz, Assistant Administrator for NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, with Alain Raitier, Director General of EUMETSAT
Access to Essential Satellite Data for Weather Forecasting Secured With 20-Year Europe-U.S. Agreement
Did you know that the United States uses data from European polar-orbiting weather satellites, in addition to our own satellites, to help us produce o
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Oceanographic analyses including ocean color from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Credit: Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. (ROFFSTM)
JPSS DATA AIDS BLUEFIN TUNA RESEARCH
Did you know that satellite data products from the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program are helping scientists study Atlantic bluefin tuna larv
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This image of smoke stretching from fires in Alaska and Canada was captured by the VIIRS instrument on the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellites on June 29, 2015. Credit: NOAA Visualization Lab.
Alaska Firefighters Get Help From NOAA Satellites
5.1 million acres have burned in Alaska in 2015. It’s the second highest total on record, eclipsed only by the devastating 2004 fire season, which lef
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These maps, adapted from the U.S. National Climate Assessment issued in May 2014, show historical and projected patterns in the number of consecutive dry days experienced in different parts of the Great Plains. The historical map (left) shows the average annual maximum number of consecutive dry days during 1971-2000. Darker shades of orange signify longer dry spells. The projected maps show changes in consecutive dry days for 2041-2070, compared to 1971-2000. One scenario (center) assumes substantial reduct
DURING HISTORIC DROUGHTS, JPSS DATA PROVES VITAL
In recent years, droughts have become both more prevalent and severe, wreaking havoc in all 50 states and costing billions of dollars of damage with t
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Gulf of Mexico Harmful Algal Bloom Bulletin, May 11, 2015. CREDIT: NOAA
From Sea to Shining Sea: How JPSS Data Support Ocean Ecosystem Health
Covering 70 percent of the earth surface, the ocean plays a critical role in shaping our weather patterns and climate, as well as providing vital food
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A home damaged by a mudflow is pictured in the area of the 2013 Springs Fire, in Camarillo, California, Dec. 2, 2014. The area was under mandatory evacuation as a powerful winter storm brought heavy rain to southern California burn areas in Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. CREDIT: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
JPSS Data Used for Predicting and Monitoring Atmospheric Rivers
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder instruments help forecasters monitor and predict drought-related weather patterns like atmospheric rivers.