Aug. 18, 2011 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.d.buis@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-269 NASA RESEARCH LEADS TO FIRST COMPLETE MAP OF ANTARCTIC ICE FLOW WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded researchers have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica. The map, which shows glaciers flowing thousands of miles from the continent's deep interior to its coast, will be critic ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1841 Issue Time: 2011 Aug 18 1445 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1840 Begin Time: 2011 Aug 17 1310 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1218 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 18 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 230 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N16E50 062 0240 Esi 11 09 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1272 S19E55 056 0060 Cso 07 02 Beta ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN WESTERN IDAHO A summer lightning storm ignited several large wildfires in southwestern Idaho on August 14, 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51761&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 16, 2011 (Posted on Aug 17, 2011 11:38 AM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN PAKISTAN ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1840 Issue Time: 2011 Aug 17 1325 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2011 Aug 17 1310 UTC Station: GOES13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscalesThank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or update the personal information in your account, go to the Product Subscription Site. Please do not use the from address for cor ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 17 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 229 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N15E63 062 0240 Dsi 07 04 Beta 1272 S19E67 057 0010 Cro 02 02 Beta IA. H-alpha ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-261 NASA NAMES TERRY WILCUTT AGENCY SAFETY CHIEF WASHINGTON -- Terrence W. Wilcutt has been appointed NASA's chief of safety and mission assurance, effective Sept. 1. Wilcutt is a retired Marine colonel and veteran astronaut who is serving as director of safety and mission assurance at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He will assume the post from Bryan O'Connor, who will ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2011 Michael J. Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-268 NASA'S EXPLORATION ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR DOUG COOKE TO RETIRE WASHINGTON -- Doug Cooke, who worked for nearly 38 years in NASA's space shuttle, International Space Station and exploration systems programs, will retire from the agency effective Oct. 3. Cooke most recently served as NASA's associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESM ...Continue Reading

Aug. 16, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-170 NASA HOSTS NEWS BRIEFING ABOUT TRACKING SPACE WEATHER EVENTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Aug. 18, to discuss new details about the structure of solar storms and the impact they have on Earth. The new information comes from NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, spacecraft and other NASA probes. The briefing will take place in NASA H ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING ALONG THE MEKONG RIVER Heavy rains pushed the Mekong River over its banks in Cambodia in August 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51746&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Aug 13, 2011 (Posted on Aug 16, 2011 11:56 AM) FLOODING IN THE MISSOURI BASIN Record snowmelt and intermittent heavy rains c ...Continue Reading