• GOES-R Short: Lightning
    Where there's lightning, there's a strong chance of severe weather. The revolutionary Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM ) instrument on the new…
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  • A Big Bloom in the Barents Sea
    Suomi NPP's VIIRS instrument captured this true color image of a colorful blue-green phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea on July 7,…
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  • Super Typhoon Nepartak
    The VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this color-enhanced infrared image of Super Typhoon Nepartak…
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  • Barents Sea Displays Big Bloom
    Located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, the Barents Sea is rather shallow, with an average depth of 230 meters (750 feet)…
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  • The Value of NCEI Data: How NCEI Supports US Aviation
    The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as the official repository of NEXRAD archived data, provides an important service to…
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  • The Gulf Stream Seen Through Sea Surface Temperature
    The Gulf Stream is a powerful current of warm water running through the Atlantic Ocean. Starting in the Gulf of Mexico, the current…
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  • The Building Blocks of Brazil
    Brazil is known for lush expanses of rainforests and other vegetated areas, however, closer inspection reveals the signature of man -…
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  • Lake Eyre Australia
    Primarily a salt flat in Australia, Lake Eyre floods occasionally during heavy periods of rainfall. However, because it is both the…
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