Monday, May 18, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the Saildrone Arctic field campaign data. This campaign involved the deployment of a fleet of 5 saildrones, jointly funded by NASA and NOAA, from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, within the Bering and Chukchi Seas to the ice edge and back over a 150-day period from 15 May 2019 to 11 October 2019. Scientific objectives include collecting upper ocean temperature profiles with a full suite of ocean measurements.  The Saildrone Arctic dataset hosted at t ...Continue Reading

  May 18, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-059*NASA to Make Announcement About WFIRST Space Telescope Mission* Illustration of NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) */Credits: NASA/* NASA will host a special edition of NASA Science Live at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 20, to share an exciting announcement about the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. The episode will air live on NASA’s website, NASA YouTube, NASA Facebook and Twitte ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-20 2020 May 17 at 9:27 p.m. MDT (2020 May 18 0327 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 11-17 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For May 18-24 No space weather storms are expected. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observa ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 May 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 139 Issued at 0030Z on 18 May 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 May 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 138 Issued at 0030Z on 17 May 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 May 16 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 137 Issued at 0030Z on 16 May 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Friday, May 15, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of additional datasets from the NASA SPURS-2 field campaign. Following prior releases of twenty one SPURS-2 datasets, this fourth release includes a further two new datasets: the R/V Revelle underway pCO2 and SPURS central mooring data. The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aims to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface ...Continue Reading

Friday, May 15, 2020 PO.DAAC is transitioning towards a web portal that is content centered, data driven, and provides personalized user experiences that are supplemented with efficient search and discovery capabilities. The first phase of the web portal revitalization is now available showcasing a simplified, modernized design and several improvements towards a content, data-driven user experience. Specifically, a user will experience: [*]New Homepage and New Navigation architecture  [*]Introduction o ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 May 15 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 136 Issued at 0030Z on 15 May 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 May I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z May Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON The Western Pacific sees more tropical storms and typhoons each year than any other ocean basin. * Vongfong Makes Landfall in the Philippines (Image from May 14, 2020; Posted May 14, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146719/vongfong-makes-landfall-in-the-philippines/?src=nha ------ ...Continue Reading