Tournament Earth - Best of EO: Round 5, The Final After four rounds and 32 contenders, the final round is here. To celebrate EO's 20th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we are asking you to pick our all-time best image. Voting ends on April 28. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth?src=nha-ann The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- TORNADO IN ...Continue Reading

Tournament Earth - Best of EO: Round 5, The Final After four rounds and 32 contenders, the final round is here. To celebrate EO's 20th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we are asking you to pick our all-time best image. Voting ends on April 28. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth?src=nha-ann The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEA AND LAKE ICE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- RIFT AN ...Continue Reading

Monday, April 20, 2020 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the NOAA NCEI GHRSST Level-4 Optimally Interpolated (OI) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) v2.1 dataset. This dataset is produced by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and derived from their Optimal Interpolation (OI) algorithm by interpolating and extrapolating SST observations from multiple sources, including the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellites and in-situ measurements. It is formatted i ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #20-16 2020 April 19 at 7:22 p.m. MDT (2020 April 20 0122 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 13-19 No spaceweather storms were observed during the summary period. Outlook For April 20-26 No spaceweather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the In ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Apr 20 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 111 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Apr 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Apr 19 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 110 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Apr 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Apr 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 109 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Apr 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Apr 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 Apr Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Jonathan's Space Report No. 777 2020 Apr 17 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COVID-19 -------- I am the one entity you get emails from who is *not* sending you a special email about what I'm doing about the pandemic. But: I hope you are all safe and well. International Space Station --------------------------- The Cygnus NG-12 cargo ship S.S. Alan Bean was deorbited over the Pacific on ...Continue Reading

Friday, April 17, 2020 Please be informed that PO.DAAC will no longer be maintaining the PO.DAAC instance of the Webification for Earth Science (also known as w10n: https://podaac-w10n.jpl.nasa.gov). This web service technology was explored at the time as a venue for providing simplified access to PO.DAAC data and metadata via HTTP/HTTPS protocols, and has never graduated from its 'beta' state. Effective April 17, 2020 this service will no longer be available at PO.DAAC. We apologize for any inconvenience this may c ...Continue Reading

April 17, 2020 RELEASE 20-045 *NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return from Space Station* NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan and Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos on the International Space Station */Credits: NASA/* NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. The trio departed the International Space Station at 9:53 p.m. EDT Thursda ...Continue Reading