:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 02 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 33 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2934 S23W91 172 0120 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2936 N16W35 116 0670 Eki 11 09 Beta 2938 N18W20 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2022 EXTREME WINTER WEATHER IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Rising global temperatures are leading to more extreme weather events. * Blizzard Blankets Northeast U.S. in Snow (Image from Jan 30, 2022; Posted Jan 31, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149402/blizzard-blankets-northeast-us-in-snow/?src=nha ------------------------ ...Continue Reading

Monday, January 31, 2022 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the simulated SWOT Level-2 (L2) Sea Surface Height (SSH) version 1 datasets. This collection includes 8 synthetic SWOT SSH products created by the SWOT project (JPL/CNES) based on the new SWOT ocean simulator and two global ocean simulations: (1) ECCO simulation 1/48 (i.e. LLC4320); and, (2) Mercator Océan GLORYS 12v1 model (GLORYS - Mercator Ocean (mercator-ocean.fr), for both fast-sampling and science orbits. The data from the Ka ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Feb 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 32 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Feb 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2934 S25W77 171 0110 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2935 N27W86 180 0010 Bxo 03 03 Beta 2936 N16W22 ...Continue Reading

January 31, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-014*Wisconsin Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station* random_lake_vande_hei_image.jpg NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei assists NASA astronauts, from left, Kayla Barron and Thomas Marshburn in the U.S. Quest airlock Nov. 18, 2021. The astronauts were preparing for a 6-hour and 32-minute spacewalk to replace a faulty antenna system on the International Space Station's Port-1 truss structure. */Credits: NASA/Thomas Marshburn/* Students from Wisconsin will ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE DUST STORMS 2022 Strong seasonal winds in spring and fall often loft dust from interior drylands. * Dust Storm Envelops the Arabian Sea (Image from Jan 22, 2022; Posted Jan 25, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149378/dust-storm-envelops-the-arabian-sea/?src=nha -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 ne ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- UNDERSEA ERUPTION NEAR TONGA For more than a decade, an undersea volcano has been erupting in the South Pacific near Tonga. The eruptions created a new island near Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai; then a potent blast wiped out the island in early 2022. * Island Nation Hit Hard by Eruption (Image from Jan 25, 2022; Posted Jan 28, 2022) ...Continue Reading

January 31, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-013*NASA Hosts Virtual Destination Station with Astronaut, Scientists* 50699189197_7c7af42c3c_k.jpeg NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Victor Glover is pictured inside Japan's Kibo laboratory module installing research gear that will develop a biological model to study the effects of spaceflight on musculoskeletal disease. Glover, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, will participate in a virtual pan ...Continue Reading

Monday, January 31, 2022 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the Earth & Space Research, Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time (OSCAR) Level 4 Version 2.0 datasets. OSCAR ocean mixed layer velocities are calculated from satellite-sensed sea surface height gradients, ocean vector winds, and sea surface temperature gradients using a simplified physical model for geostrophy, Ekman, and thermal wind dynamics. More information regarding OSCAR is available from the Earth & Space Research web ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3194 Issue Time: 2022 Jan 31 1132 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2022 Jan 31 1110 UTC Station: GOES16 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading