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Heather Roman-Stork, an ocean scientist working with NOAA NESDIS’ Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), has been selected as the 2026 winner of NOAA’s David S. Johnson Award.
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Wildfires burn millions of acres across the U.S. every year. According to the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Policy Analysis, wildfires cost the U.S. approximately $424 billion annually, including firefighting resources, evacuations,…
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Scientists from NOAA’s Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), in collaboration with partners such as the University of South Florida (USF), are pairing artificial intelligence with more than one million satellite images to detect and…
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The ocean is a vast, interconnected system that covers about seventy percent of the Earth’s surface. Satellites are essential for observing this environment, supporting marine transportation, weather monitoring, and coastal safety.
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The Sentinel-6B (S-6B) satellite was launched on November 16, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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In the early hours of July 4, 2025 a devastating flash flood occurred in the Central Texas Hill Country. The Guadalupe River in Kerr County rose over twenty feet in just a few hours, and more than a hundred people lost their lives and thousands of…
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While NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for issuing weather forecasts and warnings, its the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within the National Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS),…
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While NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for issuing weather forecasts and warnings, its the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within the National Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS),…