November 12, 2014 GHRSST Level 2P Sea Surface Temperature (SST) datasets based on the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor on a number of different platforms including NOAA-18, 19, MetOP-A and MetOP-B  are now available from the NAVO data provider.  These Level 2 swath datasets are produced in near real-time by NAVOCEANO at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. Spatial resolutions vary from 2 to 9 km.  Data are available from about Sept ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 12, 2014 * NASA Statement on Successful Rosetta Comet Landing * The following statement is from John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, about the successful comet landing by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft: “We congratul ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 12, 2014 * NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Pad, Hoisted onto Rocket Ahead of its First Spaceflight *  NASA's Orion spacecraft arrived at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to complete its 22 mile move from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designe ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 12, 2014 * NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman Available for Satellite Media Interviews *  European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this image on Oct. 1, 2014 of fellow Expedition 41 crew member, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, as Wiseman donned and inspected his suit in preparation for a spacewalk the following week.Image ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ZHUPANOVSKY ASH PLUME Ash from a volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula extends over the Pacific Ocean. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84714&src=nha *** Image from Nov 09, 2014 (Posted on Nov 11, 2014 3:49 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Nov 12 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 316 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Nov 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2205 N15W22 012 0230 Dac 09 28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2207 S09E26 324 0030 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (11 November 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Plumes and Clouds Stand Off Over Holuhraun Lava Field http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84698&src=eoa-iotd * Smog or Fog? Actually, a Bit of Both http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84701&src=eoa-iotd * El Paso and Ciudad Juarez http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84692&src=eoa-io ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST OFF LIBYA In November 2014, a storm off the coast of Libya helped blow Saharan dust over the Mediterranean Sea. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84704&src=nha *** Image from Nov 07, 2014 (Posted on Nov 11, 2014 9:20 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Nov 11 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 315 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Nov 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2205 N14W08 012 0280 Dkc 09 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2207 S09E41 322 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option November 10, 2014 * NASA Administrator, Ambassadors Brigety and Haslach Discuss Application of NASA Earth Science for Planning in African Union Nations * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia Haslach, and U.S. Ambassador to the African Union (AU) Reuben Brigety, met this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ...Continue Reading