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NOAA’s Satellites Detect Blowing Dust Events that Impact Human Health and Safety
Scientists and forecasters are gaining better insights into how hazardous dust storms occur across southwestern North America thanks to NOAA satellites.
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A rendering of the GOES and JPSS circling earth seen from space.
2025: The View from NOAA Satellites
It was a busy – and successful – year for NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. We celebrated 50 years of NOAA’s GOES satellites in 2025.
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Dust storm seen via satellite impacting the Midwest
NOAA Satellites Watch Dust Storm Sweep Across the Midwest
On Friday, May 16, 2025, NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured a rare dust storm pushing across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area.
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Satellite imagery from March 14, 2025 showing dust and smoke within a severe weather system, with each labelled.
NOAA Satellites Monitor Severe Weather Outbreak
NOAA satellites closely monitored a powerful and devastating storm system that tore through the central and eastern United States from March 14-16, 2025.
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The image shows a city skyline obscured by heavy wildfire smoke, making the outlines of the buildings hazy and indistinct. Two birds can be seen flying in the open sky, and in the foreground, there is a water tower that shows signs of age and weathering. The overall atmosphere of the image conveys a sense of pollution.
From Satellites to Smog: Enhancing Atmospheric Models with JPSS Observations for Better Air Quality Forecasts
Atmospheric models assimilate ozone and trace gas data from JPSS instruments to improve real-time predictions of global air quality.
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Gobi Desert sandstorm
Sandstorm Sweeps Across the Gobi Desert
The GEO-KOMPSAT 2A satellite watches strong winds carry a large dust plume from the Gobi Desert.
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Image of the GOES and JPSS satellites orbiting the earth
The Top Satellite Images from 2022
NOAA satellites see our planet from a unique and captivating perspective. Every year, our satellites see the beauty and wrath of Mother Nature unfold
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Image of New Mexico
GOES East Spies Smoke and Dust in the Wind
GOES East captured this dynamic imagery of massive grayish-white smoke plumes emanating from the Cerro Pelado, Cooks Peak.