Satellite Snapshots
JPSS polar satellites watched a city-sized chunk of ice break off (calve) from the northern section of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf
Satellite Snapshots
Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite saw a series of eruptions from Mt. Sinabung, in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Announcement
One of the JPSS program’s system of ground stations is located in Norway’s remote Svalbard islands. Antennas at the station here collect data from sat
Feature Story
Climatologists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) compile the nation's climate "normals" spanning 1991 to 2020.
Satellite Snapshots
On Feb. 24, 2021, the GOES East satellite captured GeoColor imagery of grayish smoke plumes rising into the atmosphere across the southeastern U.S.
Earth from Orbit
NOAA satellites monitored a large plume of dust from the Sahara Desert as it traveled off the west coast of North Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean.
Satellite Snapshots
The pastel imagery above is an Ash RGB product captured by Europe’s Meteosat-11 satellite on Feb. 21 and Feb 23, 2021. Based upon…
Satellite Snapshots
On Feb. 19, 2021, GOES East zoomed in on the Great Lakes, capturing beautiful imagery of ice drifting across the southern tip of Lake Michigan.