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NOAA Hosts International Meteorological Satellite Agencies at CGMS-52
NOAA hosted the 52nd Plenary Meeting of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS-52) from June 4–6, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
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NOAA GOES-U Art Challenge Finalists Announced
In May 2024, NOAA SciJinks and NASA Space Place released its monthly art challenge! They called on young explorers to draw how they imagined lightning looks, either within the clouds or striking the ground, from above the sky or from their window.
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This identifies two different communities of these microscopic marine organisms in the ocean off the coast of South Africa on Feb. 28, 2024. The central panel of this image shows Synechococcus in pink and picoeukaryotes in green.
Setting the PACE in Ocean Observations: NOAA Incorporating New NASA Science Mission Data into Operational Ocean Color Observations
NOAA offers a comprehensive set of ocean color products that integrate information from NOAA, NASA, and international partner satellites. These products are used to assess water quality and monitor potentially harmful algal blooms in order to…
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The image shows a city skyline obscured by heavy wildfire smoke, making the outlines of the buildings hazy and indistinct. Two birds can be seen flying in the open sky, and in the foreground, there is a water tower that shows signs of age and weathering. The overall atmosphere of the image conveys a sense of pollution.
From Satellites to Smog: Enhancing Atmospheric Models with JPSS Observations for Better Air Quality Forecasts
Atmospheric models assimilate ozone and trace gas data from JPSS instruments to improve real-time predictions of global air quality.
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Severe Thunderstorms Fire Up Along a Dry Line
Severe Thunderstorms Fire Up Along a Dry Line
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite watched severe thunderstorms fire up along a dry line situated in west Texas and western Oklahoma on May 23, 2024.
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Sediment movement after hurricane dorian on the gulf and atlantic coast of Florida.
NASA Selects BAE Systems to Develop Ocean Color Instrument for NOAA
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected BAE Systems (formerly known as Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation) of Boulder, Colorado, to develop an instrument to analyze ocean data as part of…
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Satellite Snapshot: Severe Storms Slam Houston
Satellite Snapshot: Severe Storms Slam Houston
NOAA’s GOES East captured Texas storms from above in this visible imagery, which also shows frequent lighting observed with the satellite’s Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument.
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Northern Lights From Over the North Pole
NOAA’s JPSS Program satellites captured imagery of the stunning auroras that were visible in locations across the globe on May 11, 2024.