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Cyclone Tracks
NCEI's global inventory of tropical cyclones, IBTrACS, lets forecasters analyze current storms in the context of historical data.
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Super “Pink” Moon is the Biggest and Brightest of the Year
Tonight will be the biggest and brightest full moon, colloquially called a "supermoon," of 2020.
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NOAA Celebrates SARSAT Beacon Awareness Day
April 06, 2020 Happy SARSAT Beacon Awareness Day! The Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system is recognized by emergency…
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NOAA-20 Sees Two Cyclones Developing in the Southern Hemisphere
NOAA-20 captured this imagery of two tropical cyclones that developed in the Southern Hemisphere. The…
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NOAA-20 Shows Snowpack Within The Himalayas
April 02, 2020 On March 29, 2020, the NOAA-20 satellite viewed the snowpack on top of the Hindu Kush Himalayas. During this time of the year, when…
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60 Years Ago Today, the First Successful Weather Satellite Was Launched
April 01, 2020 On April 1, 1960, 10 years before NOAA was established, NASA launched the Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS-1), which…
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Celebrating 60 Years of the World’s First Weather Satellite
Tuesday, March 31, 2020On April 1, 1960, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched TIROS-1, the world’s first successful…
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The World According to Weather Satellites
Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the First Weather Satellite Launch web map in new window On April 1, 1960, the first operational weather satellite,…
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