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GOES-R Gets Launched!
How will NOAA’s GOES-R satellite get from its current home in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center for launch in October 2016? Watch this fun video to…
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Satellites See Red, Blue and Green: Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms from Space
The use of satellites to track harmful algal blooms goes back nearly 30 years, to the fall of 1987.
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Large Eruption on Mount Etna
One of Mount Etna's largest eruptions in decades occurred on December 3, 2015. The Suomi NPP satellite passed over the region on…
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GOES-R Is going to be Launched
How will NOAA’s GOES-R satellite get from its current home in Colorado to Kennedy Space Center for launch in October 2016? Watch this fun video.
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Meet GOES-R
Satellite science is fun for kids too! From weather and hazards on Earth to search and rescue and bursts of energy from the sun, the GOES-R satellite…
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Access to Essential Satellite Data for Weather Forecasting Secured With 20-Year Europe-U.S. Agreement
Did you know that the United States uses data from European polar-orbiting weather satellites, in addition to our own satellites, to help us produce o
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Using Satellites to Predict Malaria Risk
NOAA scientists are using data and imagery from polar-orbiting environmental satellites to predict malaria risk and save lives in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Reflecting on Reflection: Suomi NPP Instruments Aid Monitoring of Earth’s Albedo
Albedo—it’s more than just a fancy word to describe the reflectivity of the Earth. It’s an important, albeit complex, factor affecting our climate.
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