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The job of forecasting is with NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), but the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within the National Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS)

NOAA contributes 90% of the weather information used by the defense and intelligence communities. Satellites offer a view unrivaled by terrestrial technology.

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites captured striking imagery of sediment runoff due to flooding in the Mississippi River delta from April 8–13, 2025.

LEO satellites track storms, winds, and sea ice, helping the National Weather Service Ocean Prediction Center issue warnings that protect vessels, cargo, and lives.

This series of 26 enhanced color images via NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program satellites shows the water level changes in Utah’s Great Salt Lake from May 2012 to Nov. 2024.

NOAA offers a comprehensive set of ocean color products that integrate information from NOAA, NASA, and international partner satellites. These products are used to assess water quality and monitor potentially harmful algal blooms in order to…

Imagine looking at bodies of water from space and being able to see the tiny and often microscopic plants and algae living in them, as well as mineral particles and dissolved organic matter.

Since April 2023, NOAA has been monitoring a steady rise in ocean temperatures, which is resulting in unprecedented heat stress conditions in the Cari