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Earth from Orbit: Tracking Dust in the Wind
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.
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Beating Back the Tides from Earth Orbit
High-tide floods, also known as nuisance floods, sunny-day floods, and recurrent tidal floods, occur “when tides reach anywhere from 1.75 to 2 feet
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FIRST INSTRUMENT FOR JPSS-2 SATELLITE ARRIVES FOR INTEGRATION & TEST
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the first instrument for NOAA’s next polar-orbiting weather satellite, arrived at Northrop Grum
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JPSS Satellites Provide Unique Perspective of Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura made landfall Thursday morning, hammering the Louisiana and Texas coasts with 150 mile-per-hour winds
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New Data Product Warns Alaska Pilots of Clouds, Dangerously Cold Weather
A new product that alerts pilots to clouds, icy conditions and dangerously cold temperatures is tapping into NOAA’s Joint…
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Final JPSS-2 Satellite Instrument Passes Readiness Test
The Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) instrument built to fly on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 satellite is ready to ship to the spacecr
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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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A Guide to Understanding Satellite Images of Hurricanes
As Hurricane Dorian made landfall over two islands in the Bahamas, NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System satellites captured these infrared images.
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