July 23, 2024 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu The Pacific island has a storied past in the study of atoll formation and a tenuous future as it adapts to sea level rise. Peering into the Pits of Telfer Mine One of the most productive gold mines in Australia lies in the Great Sandy Desert. Tagging Along With Palmyra's ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Jul 24 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 206 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jul 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3751 S08W56 097 0150 Eso 11 08 Beta-Gamma-Delta 3755 N04W35 076 ...Continue Reading

Jul 23, 2024 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the Harmonic Constants for Baroclinic Tide Prediction dataset produced by Edward Zaron (Oregon State University). This dataset provides sea surface height and ocean surface currents associated with the predictable astronomical tide at the M2, S2, N2, K1, and O1 frequencies. The tidal harmonic constants, in-phase and quadrature with respect to the equilibrium potential, are provided on a latitude/longitude at 1/20-deg resolution. Using the software availa ...Continue Reading

July 23, 2024   *MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-102*   *NASA, Boeing to Discuss Crew Flight Test Mission, Ground Testing* * * Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China * * Leadership from NASA and Boeing will participate in a media tel ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Jul 23 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 205 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jul 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3751 S08W42 095 0180 Eac 11 21 Beta-Gamma-Delta 3755 N04W22 075 ...Continue Reading

Jul 22, 2024 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Winds Level 4 Version 3.1 datasets produced by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS). CCMP produces gridded products that provide a consistent, gap-free time-series of vector winds over the world's oceans from 1993 onward. It combines ocean surface 10m wind retrievals from multiple types of satellite microwave sensors (most of the wind-sensing U.S., Japanese, and European satellites flown to date) with a background field ...Continue Reading

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for NOAA’s JPSS-4 Mission *JUL 22, 2024* *CONTRACT RELEASE C24-028* A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captures a view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away. Credit: NASA NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to provide launch services for NOAA’s JPSS-4 mission. The spacecraft is part of ...Continue Reading

July 22, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 7 Daysview archive of natural events Fires Char the Siberian Arctic Large wildland fires are burning in the tundra of northern Russia. (Jul 18, 2024) Beating the Heat in Pakistan Greening projects in Lahore could help cool the city as climate change and rapid urbanization intensifies the urban ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #24-30 2024 July 21 at 11:06 p.m. MDT (2024 July 22 0506 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 15-21 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts occurred on 15-21 Jul with R2 (Moderate) levels reached on 17 Jul and R3 (Strong) on 16 Jul due to flare activity from multiple active regions on the solar disk. The R3 radio blackout was due to a flare from AR 3738. O ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Jul 22 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 204 Issued at 0030Z on 22 Jul 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 21 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 21/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3744 N15W83 149 0080 Dai 05 05 Beta 3745 S23W89 155 0030 Cro 0 ...Continue Reading