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40 Years of GOES: The Anniversary of GOES-1
40 years ago today, on October 16, 1975, NOAA’s first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite was launched.
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2015 Antarctic Ozone Hole Area Approaches Annual Maximum
The Antarctic ozone hole, which typically reaches its annual peak area between mid-September and early October, formed more slowly…
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Announcement
SPENES (TXUS20)
Effective 1200 UTC November 16, 2015, the NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) Satellite Precipitation Guidance Message Product (SPENES, WMO header TXUS20 KWBC) will no longer be issued for the continental US (lower 48 states) but will continue to…
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Satellite Technology: How big is a Satellite?
Ranging from the size of a small school bus down to the size of your lunchbox, satellites of all shapes and sizes are used…
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Satellite Snapshots
The Caspian Sea
The Volga River, Europe's longest and largest river by volume, flows from northwest Russia into the Caspian Sea. The delta created…
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Windy Conditions, Low Visibility? Helping Pilots since the Wright Brothers
The need for satellite data to increase the accuracy and timeliness of aviation forecasts is critical as people fly more and more.
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NOAA WEATHER SATELLITES’ EYE ON THE SKY
August 19th marks National Aviation Day, a United States national observation originally established in 1939 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in
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Alaska Firefighters Get Help From NOAA Satellites
5.1 million acres have burned in Alaska in 2015. It’s the second highest total on record, eclipsed only by the devastating 2004 fire season, which lef
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