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![NOAA Satellites See Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Eruption](/s3/2022-12/2022_12_06_Mauna_Loa_Erupts_For_First_Time_Since_1984.png)
On Nov. 28, 2022, the world’s largest active volcano began erupting for the first time since 1984. Mauna Loa, located on…
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![DSCOVR Mission's EPIC - Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera](/s3/migrated/epic_big.jpg)
DSCOVR Mission's EPIC - Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
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![JPSS Volcanoes Video](/s3/2021-06/volcanoes-thumbnail.jpeg)
JPSS satellites will dramatically improve volcano monitoring worldwide, both in terms of monitoring volcano hot spots and…
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![JPSS Overview Video](/s3/2021-06/meet-jpss-1-2.jpeg)
The satellites of the JPSS constellation host state-of-the-art instruments, including the Advanced Technology Microwave…
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![David Johnson Award Nomination](/s3/2022-07/DavidJohnson.photo_.cropped_0.png)
The David Johnson Award is presented by the National Space Club in honor of the first Administrator of what was to become…
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October 28, 2021 marked the successful 10th anniversary of the Suomi NPP (SNPP) satellite, a critical risk reduction and…
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![NOAA looks to partner with industry to expand satellite data use](/s3/migrated/oneloop05.gif)
With raging wildfires torching the Western landscape, and six billion dollar weather-related disasters already experienced…
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![Kilauea Volcano Erupts in Hawaii](/s3/2021-07/hawaii_vulcano_eruption_2018.jpeg)
The NOAA-20 polar-orbiting satellite instrument captured Thursday's eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano in this…
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![Thermal Hotspots Seen in Hawaii's Kilauea Eruption](/s3/migrated/20180504-KilaueaB.png)
The Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument captured this detailed thermal imagery showing the eruption of Hawaii's…
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![Demonstrating the Capabilities of GOES-16's Advanced Baseline Imager](/s3/migrated/ABI.gif.gif)
For months, we've been saying that GOES-16, NOAA’s most advanced geostationary weather satellite to-date, will usher in…
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![GeoXO Atmospheric Composition Instrument (ACX)](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
NOAA plans to include a hyperspectral spectrometer that observes atmospheric composition data as part of the GeoXO system.
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![Image of Heather Holmes](/s3/styles/medium/s3/2023-03/Heather_Holmes_headshot.png?itok=EzsSI4VU)
Heather Holmes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah.
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![GOES-3: The Oldest Operating Satellite takes its Curtain Call](/s3/migrated/GOES_3_artist_rendering.jpg)
With an operational life spanning five different decades and six different U.S. presidents, GOES-3 has seen it all. From…
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![Tropical Storms Marco and Laura Give a One-Two Punch](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
August 24, 2020 On August 24, 2020, NOAA’s GOES-East satellite was tracking two tropical systems, one in the Gulf of Mexico…
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![Powerful satellite sensor helps detect triggers fro volcano eruption 14 hours before it happens](/s3/2021-09/VIIRSimageofJapanesevolcano_tn.jpg)
A highly sophisticated sensor onboard the Suomi NPP satellite detected a thermal anomaly, which indicated increased volcanic…