October 28, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius-CAP v3.0 data covering the month of September 2014.  CAP Level 2 and 3 products are described and discoverable via the PO.DAAC data portal http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/datasetlist?search=CAP and are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP, THREDDS and LAS.  Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of September, and will be ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOW IN UKRAINE A fall storm dropped snow on the southern part of the country. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84613&src=nha *** Image from Oct 25, 2014 (Posted on Oct 27, 2014 5:02 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth ...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 October 27, 2014 * Launch of Third Orbital Sciences Mission to Space Station Rescheduled; NASA TV Coverage Reset * The third Orbital Sciences cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch at 6:22 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 28, from Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 28 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 301 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2192 S12W59 247 2380 Fkc 20 51 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2194 S12W23 211 0040 Hax 01 02 Alpha 2 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE NILE RIVER DELTA In fall 2014, the MODIS sensor detected several small fires in the Nile River Delta. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84582&src=nha *** Image from Oct 17, 2014 (Posted on Oct 20, 2014 5:33 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- HURRICANE GONZALO The most potent s ...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 October 27, 2014 * NASA’S Chandra Observatory Identifies Impact of Cosmic Chaos on Star Birth *  Chandra observations of the Perseus and Virgo galaxy clusters suggest turbulence may be preventing hot gas there from cooling, addressing a long-standing question of galaxy clusters do not form large numbers of stars. Image Credit: NASA/CXC/S ...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 October 27, 2014 * NASA Administrator to Visit Marshall Space Flight Center; Talks Space Station Oct. 28 * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will get a behind-the-scenes look at the science command post for the International Space Station when he visits NASA's Payload Operations Integration Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center in ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-43 2014 October 27 at 1:02 a.m. MDT (2014 October 27 0702 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 20-26 Category R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 21-24 October and again on 26 October. A category R2 (Moderate) radio blackout was observed on 22 October. Category R3 (Strong) radio blackouts were observed on 22 and 24-26 October. Radio blackout ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 27 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 300 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2192 S12W46 248 2750 Fkc 17 60 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2193 N06W87 289 0060 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2132 Issue Time: 2014 Oct 26 1256 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2131 Begin Time: 2014 Oct 21 1525 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1967 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Ser ...Continue Reading