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Tackling Global Food Security With the Help of LEO Satellite Vegetation Health Products
The USDA uses the Vegetation Health Index (VHI) generated with VIIRS data to enhance crop monitoring and analysis.
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Satellite Snapshots
NOAA-20 Monitors Typhoon Yagi in the South China Sea
On Sept. 4, 2024, the VIIRS instrument on board NOAA’s JPSS Program satellites captured this True Color imagery of Typhoon Yagi in the South China Sea.
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Earth from Orbit
Ernesto Brings Dangerous Seas to North America’s Atlantic Coast
Even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore, Hurricane Ernesto was still being felt Saturday along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, with dangerous rip currents forcing public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer…
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Satellite Snapshots
Debby Crosses the Florida Panhandle as a Category 1 Hurricane
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite has been carefully monitoring Hurricane Debby as it travels across the U.S. state of Florida.
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Earth from Orbit
Severe Thunderstorms Race through the Midwest
Parts of the Midwest are cleaning up after thunderstorms barreled through the region on the night of Monday, July 15, 2024, bringing hurricane-force winds and multiple tornadoes around Chicago.
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Feature Story
Employee Spotlight: Olaf McCreary
Meet Olaf McCreary, a satellite engineer at NOAA’s Office of Low Earth Orbit Observations.
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Earth from Orbit
Hurricane Beryl Kicks Off 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly strengthened to a Category 5 storm unusually early in the year.
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Satellite Snapshots
Hurricane Beryl Barrels across the Caribbean
NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite has been carefully monitoring Hurricane Beryl as it travels across the Caribbean.
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