:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 01 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 274 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2171 S06W83 267 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2172 S10W57 242 0320 Fkc 16 14 Beta-Gamma 2173 S1 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (30 September 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * World of Change: Shrinking Aral Sea http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php?src=eoa-features A massive irrigation project has devastated the Aral Sea over the past 50 years. These images show the decline of the Southern Aral Sea in the past decade, as well as the first steps of recovery in the No ...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 September 30, 2014 * U.S., India to Collaborate on Mars Exploration, Earth-Observing Mission * In a meeting Tuesday in Toronto, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents to launch a NASA-ISRO satellite mission to observe Earth and establish a pathway ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- MOUNT ONTAKE ERUPTION Japan's second highest volcano, Ontake, unexpectedly erupted in September 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84456&src=nha *** Image from Sep 27, 2014 (Posted on Sep 29, 2014 3:59 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Ha ...Continue Reading

September 29, 2014 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius-CAP v3.0 data covering the month of August 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 August, and will b ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Sep 30 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 273 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Sep 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2171 S10W66 264 0030 Cso 14 05 Beta 2172 S12W43 241 0510 Fhc 16 28 Beta-Gamma 2173 S16 ...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 September 29, 2014 * NASA TV Previews, Broadcasts U.S. Space Station Spacewalks *  NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman (left) and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst, both Expedition 41 flight engineers, take a moment to pose for a photo with two Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits in the Quest airlock of the Interna ...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 September 29, 2014 * NASA Awards Safety and Mission Assurance Services Contract * NASA has selected Mission Technologies, Inc., of Cleveland to provide facility assurance, inspection, maintenance and occupational safety services including flight safety and mission assurance services at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Ha ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- KING FIRE IN CALIFORNIA The fast-moving King fire burned in Eldorado National Forest in September 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84422&src=nha *** Image from Sep 19, 2014 (Posted on Sep 23, 2014 1:47 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BARDARBUNGA VOLCANO In late August ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2124 Issue Time: 2014 Sep 29 1325 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2123 Begin Time: 2014 Sep 26 1355 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1209 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