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![Rope Clouds](/s3/2023-01/40117967643_7c470630d9_o.jpg)
In satellite meteorology, a rope cloud is a very long narrow, rope-like band of cumulus cloud formations.
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![GOES-U Mission Overview](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
General overview of GOES-U's satellite mission as well as instruments, benefits, and more.
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![We have lift off! NOAA’s GOES-R satellite heads to orbit](/s3/2021-07/GOES-R_Launch_Day_111916%20%283%20of%201%29.jpeg)
GOES-R, the first of NOAA’s highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, has successfully lifted off from Cape…
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It's dusty out there. Beyond the research indicating the frequency of dust storms is on the rise around the world,…
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![NOAA Shares First New View of the North Pole for Earth Day!](/s3/2021-06/brighterbug.jpg)
Friday, April 20, 2018With stunning clarity and unsurpassed detail, the newest polar orbiting satellite in the NOAA fleet,…
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![NOAA Shares First Infrared Imagery from GOES-17 Satellite](/s3/2021-08/GOES17_ABI_B12345678910111213141516_2018210_180239_16PANELS_0.gif)
This new imagery shows data are currently available from all 16 ABI channels.
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![NOAA’s JPSS-2 Satellite Prepares for Launch](/s3/2022-09/2022_09_30_NOAAsJPSSS2SatellitePreparesForLaunch_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
On August 19, the JPSS-2 satellite arrived by transport truck to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, Calif., where it…
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![Earth from Orbit: Rope Clouds](/s3/2023-02/2023_02_02_RopeClouds_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
On Jan. 25, 2023, NOAA satellites captured an unusually long and long-lived rope cloud produced by a cold front over the…
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![GOES-18 Mission Overview](https://nesdis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/webp_large/s3/2023-05/NOAA-logo_16x9_NoBorder.png.webp?itok=qg3l7mLt)
General overview of GOES-18's satellite mission as well as instruments, benefits, and more.
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![NOAA Releases New Tool to Help Prepare and Protect Vulnerable Populations from Extreme Heat](/s3/migrated/NOAA_Esri_Product.png)
Unusually hot days are becoming much more common. Prolonged periods of these unusually hot days - known as heat waves - are…
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![Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS)](/s3/2021-06/ePROCS_Case_%2319-1835_ATMS1.jpg)
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder provides information about the physical properties of our atmosphere, such as…
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![Earth from Orbit: NOAA Satellites Celebrate Earth Day](/s3/2022-04/2022_04_22_EarthDay_STILL_NO_TEXT_1.png)
Throughout history, humans have wondered what Earth looked like from above. The Mesopotamians believed the world was a flat…
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![NOAA’s JPSS-2 Satellite Completes Critical Testing Milestone](/s3/2022-06/JPSS-2%20TVAC%20Thumbnail.png)
NOAA’s JPSS-2 satellite has cleared a critical testing milestone, bringing it a step closer to launch. On Saturday, the…
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![Happy Earth Day 2023](/s3/2023-04/2023_04_20_Earth_Day_2023.png)
The first Earth Day took place in 1970, which also was the same year NOAA was established. Since then, NOAA satellites have…
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![NOAA and OSTP Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Weather Prediction](/s3/2024-05/WorkshopImage_0.jpg)
On May 6, 2024, NOAA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) hosted a joint workshop on the…