The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (09 April 2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Managing Fire in Etosha National Park http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/etosha.php?src=eoa-features Prescribed fires should prevent blazes from raging out of control in one of Namibia's most prized wildlife preserves. -------------------- Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Spring Gr ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2013 John Yembrick/Jason Townsend Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1584/202-358-0359 john.yembrick@nasa.gov / jason.c.townsend@nasa.gov RELEASE: 13-103 NASA'S TWITTER ACCOUNT WINS BACK-TO-BACK SHORTY AWARDS WASHINGTON -- NASA's official Twitter feed, @NASA, has won its second consecutive Shorty award for the best government use of social media. The Shorty Award honors the best of social media across sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare and o ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2013 Dear NASA data user, NASA Headquarters is conducting a study of the factors affecting data latency (time from satellite acquisition to product distribution to end users) for current and future missions.  This study is being conducted at the request of Steve Volz, under the direction of Frank Lindsay at NASA Headquarters.   The objective of this project is to provide an overarching review of options for meeting latency needs of the broad user communities ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov Jeremy Eggers Wallops Flight Facility, Va. 757-824-2958 jeremy.l.eggers@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-059 NASA SETS TV COVERAGE FOR ANTARES TEST FLIGHT WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA's commercial partner, Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., is scheduled to launch its first Antares rocket ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2013 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-058 NASA TV PROVIDES COVERAGE OF SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ACTIVITIES WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will broadcast an unpiloted Russian cargo ship's departure from the International Space Station on April 15 and the launch and docking of another April 24 and 26. The ISS Progress 49 resupply s ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM IMELDA Tropical Storm Imelda formed over the southern Indian Ocean in early April 2013. The storm was forecast to strengthen into a strong cyclone. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80870&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Apr 08, 2013 (Posted on Apr 08, 2013 4:54 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND ...Continue Reading

April 9, 2013 The Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) Level 4 sea surface temperature dataset has undergone a revision to version 4.  This new version has an updated parameterization for the high-latitudes based on sea ice concentration data. It also uses the following new datasets: WindSat microwave SST data and iQuam in situ SST data. The new version is now available as of 1 March 2013. Historical MUR SST (back to mid-2002) will be converted to version 4 over ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Apr 09 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 99 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Apr 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1711 S16W42 156 0400 Cko 04 05 Beta 1713 N09W61 175 0190 Cso 08 16 Beta 1714 N14W12 1 ...Continue Reading

April 8, 2013 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2191 allard.beutel@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-057 NASA ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSES 2014 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET PROPOSAL WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal at 3 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 10, during a media teleconference. NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson will join the administrator. Audio and visuals from the media t ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- DUST STORM ON THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Thick dust blew over parts of the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf in early April 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80839&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 05, 2013 (Posted on Apr 05, 2013 1:24 PM) DUST OVER THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA A thi ...Continue Reading