Monday, January 24, 2022 As detailed in the 12 July 2021 announcement, PO.DAAC has been migrating datasets to the NASA Earthdata Cloud, hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS). On January 31, 2022 at 17:00 UTC, PO.DAAC will be removing PO.DAAC Drive access to the following datasets. They will be available ONLY through our Earthdata Cloud end-points: [*]GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua satellite (GDS2) [*]GHRSST Level 2P ...Continue Reading

January 24, 2022 RELEASE 22-008*NASA Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes with Day of Remembrance* 38997007935_cc38846be2_k.jpg The graves of Apollo 1 crew members Virgil Grissom and Roger Chaffee seen during a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA's 2018 Day of Remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery. */Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls/* NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challeng ...Continue Reading

January 24, 2022 RELEASE 22-010*NASA Spinoffs Help Fight Coronavirus, Clean Pollution, Grow Food, More* vertical_farming_nasa.jpg The interior of the Biomass Production Chamber at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida replicated the closed growing environment astronauts will use in space or on other planets to grow fresh crops. As the first controlled environment vertical farm in the United States, the chamber helped NASA provide critical data for the indoor farming industry. NASA scientists Bill Knott, left ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 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. * Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai (Image from Jan 17, 2022; Posted Jan 21, ...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. * Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Image from Jan 17, 2022; Posted Jan 21, ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3193 Issue Time: 2022 Jan 24 0503 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3192 Begin Time: 2022 Jan 16 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 6126 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-4 2022 January 23 at 8:06 p.m. MST (2022 January 24 0306 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 17-23 G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm activity was observed on 20 and 21 Jan along with G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm activity observed on 21 Jan due to geoeffective coronal hole high speed stream influence coupled with possible transient passage from earlier C ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jan 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 24 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jan 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2933 S20W88 287 0050 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2934 S25E28 172 0140 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3192 Issue Time: 2022 Jan 23 0500 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3191 Begin Time: 2022 Jan 16 1445 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 4044 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Jan 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 23 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Jan 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2933 S19W77 289 0040 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 2934 S25E41 172 0140 Hsx 02 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading