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Satellite Snapshots
Wildfires Continuing to Ravage the Western U.S.
One orbit, or about 90 minutes, after passing over Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf of Mexico on August 28th, the Suomi NPP satellite…
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Notice of Changes
NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR
There is no real time user for NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR in OSPO product audit conducted in 2011.
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Notice of Changes
NOAA-15 GVI products (Fractional Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) )
September 30, 2012
The NOAA-15 AVHRR NDVI products are getting degraded significantly as the instrument ECT is drifting away from 7:45AM to 4:45AM.
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Notice of Changes
11km Global Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) AnalysisData set available at: NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations
The replacement product at 5 km grid spacing is currently in production (operational May 2012).An SST analysis incorporating satellite-borne instruments is a true global analysis. Each instrument has its own strengths and weaknesses,
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Satellite Snapshots
Ship Track Plumes Crisscross the Pacific
As cargo ships steam across the oceans, the tiny aerosol particles in their exhaust act as cloud nuclei, or seeds around which moisture condenses
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Notice of Changes
Global Ecosystems Database
The Global Ecosystems Database (GED) project began in 1990 as an Interagency project between the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA
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Satellite Snapshots
A River of Atmospheric Moisture Moves Across the Pacific
Plumes of moisture stream across the entire Pacific basin and head toward the U.S. coastline. Over the first week of December 2012, over a foot of…
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Satellite Snapshots
Malaria Risk is Increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organization estimates that a child dies every minute due to malaria. As the Horn of Africa moves into its bi…
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