var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 31, 2014 * NASA-Supported Fellowship Program Brings International Students to Present Climate Impact Studies * Fourteen students from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas will discuss their efforts to use satellite data and mapping technologies to address climate change issues in their regions, Thursday, April 3. The public ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN INDIA Fires in India * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=83402&src=nha *** Image from Mar 24, 2014 (Posted on Mar 24, 2014 2:41 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL CYCLONE GILLIAN Tropical Cyclone Gillian reached Category 5 status as it moved south over the Indian Ocean in M ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-13 2014 March 30 at 7:12 p.m. MDT (2014 March 31 0112 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 24-30 An R3 (Strong) radio blackout occurred on 29 March at 1748 UTC. R1 (minor) radio blackouts were observed on 28 March at 1918 and 2351 UTC and on 30 March at 1155 UTC. No G1 (minor) or greater geomagnetic storms were observed. No S1 (minor) or greater s ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 31 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 90 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2014 S13W78 175 0200 Cso 04 05 Beta 2017 N10W49 146 0130 Dac 09 10 Beta-Gamma 2020 S13W ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 89 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2010 S13W90 200 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 2014 S14W60 170 0210 Cso 09 13 Beta-Gamma 2017 N10W ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 29 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 88 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2010 S14W80 203 0080 Dao 09 10 Beta-Gamma 2014 S15W46 169 0290 Ehi 15 22 Beta-Gamma 201 ...Continue Reading

Text Size var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option March 28, 2014 * NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for CYGNSS Mission * NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to launch the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission. CYGNSS will launch in October 2016 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Orb ...Continue Reading

March 28, 2014 All GHRSST NAVO datasets including VIIRS L2P and AVHRRxx_L and AVHRRxx_G are now being ingested in a normal fashion by the PO.DAAC.  The data transfer anomaly first detected on Feb 5-6, 2014 (http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/announcements/2014-02-10_Sporadic_GHRSST_data_flow) has been resolved.  It was determined to be data provider localized network issue that took some time for NASA and NAVO/Stennis Space Center engineers to pinpoint. An attempt ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 695 2014 Mar 28 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- Soyuz TMA-10M undocked from Poisk at 0002 UTC Mar 11, landing in Kazakhstan at 0324 UTC with astronauts Kotov, Hopkins and Ryazanskiy. The undocking marked the end of Expedition 38 and the beginning of Expedition 39, with Koichi Wakata becoming the first Ja ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Mar 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 87 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Mar 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2010 S15W68 204 0080 Dao 10 17 Beta-Gamma 2014 S15W32 168 0290 Ehi 15 35 Beta-Gamma 201 ...Continue Reading