August 30, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-093*NASA to Provide Coverage of Hurricane Dorian* As of early on Aug. 30, Hurricane Dorian has been producing 2 to 6 inches of rain along the path of its inner core for several days. This estimate come from the NASA IMERG algorithm, which combines observations from a fleet of satellites, in near-real time, to provide global estimates of precipitation every 30 minutes. The total rainfall at a particular location varies with the forward speed of the hurrican ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HURRICANE DORIAN In late August, 2019, Hurricane Dorian took shape in the Atlantic Ocean. Satellites began observing the storm which is expected to intensify as it approaches the state of Florida. * Hurricane Dorian in the Tropical Atlantic (Image from Aug 29, 2019; Posted Aug 29, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/14 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Aug 30 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 242 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Thursday, August 29, 2019 _Attention:_ PO.DAAC has retired all the NOAA AVHRR PATHFINDER SST v5.0 and v5.1 datasets. PO.DAAC will no longer support these datasets. Interested users should access the NOAA NCEI website at: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/pathfinder4km/ for these datasets and more recent versions.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User Services Office NASA JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC E-mail: podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov URL: h ...Continue Reading

Thursday, August 29, 2019 DOI:  10.5067/SMP40-2SOCS           10.5067/SMP40-3SPCS           10.5067/SMP40-3SMCS    The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the version 4.0 SMAP Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) data from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS).  E ...Continue Reading

Thursday, August 29, 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/GHGMR-4FJ04 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of an update to the GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1) dataset. This blended Level 4 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) dataset uses the Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) analysis method, and is based upon nighttime Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) L2P skin and subskin SST observations from many passive microwave and infrared sens ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2019 Aug 29 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 241 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Aug 2019 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Aug Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

  August 28, 2019 RELEASE 19-070*NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars Rover* Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over! NASA is recruiting help from students nationwide to find a name for its next Mars rover mission. The Mars 2020 Rover is preparing to launch to the Red Planet in July 2020, but it doesn't have a name yet. NASA is asking K-12 students across the United States to send in essays with their best name ideas by Nov. 1. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/* Click ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SOUTH AMERICAN FIRES IN 2019 Fire activity in the Amazon and much of South America often coincides with a dry season from July through October. * Fire Burns in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil (Image from Aug 25, 2019; Posted Aug 27, 2019) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145522/fire-burns-in-paraguay-bolivia-and-brazil/?src=nha --- ...Continue Reading

  August 28, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-092*North Carolina Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station* Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA activates the new BioFabrication Facility to test its ability to print cells. Researchers are exploring whether the weightless environment of space may support the fabrication of human organs in space. */Credits: NASA/* Students in North Carolina will talk live this week with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboar ...Continue Reading