:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Mar 27 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 87 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Mar 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3614 N18W48 223 0080 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 3615 S13W41 216 1140 Fkc 1 ...Continue Reading

Mar 26, 2024 Please be informed that the OSCAR third degree and 1 degree datasets will be retired from PO.DAAC in April. The datasets to be retired are: [*]OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg [*]OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg_YEARLY [*]OSCAR_L4_OC_1deg Users are encouraged to use the newest version, OSCAR Version 2.0, which provides daily averaged surface currents over a quarter degree grid. OSCAR Version 2.0 is available in three latencies below: [*]OSCAR_L4_OC_NRT_V2.0 [*]OSCAR_L4_OC_INTERIM_V2.0 [*]OSCAR_L4_OC_FINAL_V2.0 Please ...Continue Reading

March 26, 2024 Weekly News Latest Images of the Dayview the archive Heat Wave in East Africa Sweltering temperatures led to power cuts and school closures in South Sudan. Arctic Sea Ice Continues to Decline Sea ice at the top of the planet continued to shrink and thin in 2024, consistent with an ongoing 46-year downward trend. The Best Places to View the Total ...Continue Reading

NASA Selects First Lunar Instruments for Artemis Astronaut Deployment *MAR 26, 2024* *RELEASE 24-047* Artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface. Credits: NASA NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific data about the lunar environment, the lunar interior, and how to sustain a long-duration human ...Continue Reading

Mar 26, 2024 From March 20th 2024, NOAA-20 is executing the Rephasing Maneuver, which takes approximately 15 days. During this time, NOAA-20 will not meet its orbit requirements. Users should exercise caution when using the NOAA-20 science data. Some missing granules and data degradation are expected. PO.DAAC archives mainly the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) datasets from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NOAA-20 satellite. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Mar 26, 2024 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the version 6.0 SMAP Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) validated datasets from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) and sponsored by the NASA Ocean Salinity Science Team. The SMAP satellite was launched on 31 January 2015 with a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000 km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2024 Mar 26 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 86 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Mar 2024 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 3614 N16W34 222 0110 Cso 06 02 Beta 3615 S13W27 215 1120 Fkc 19 ...Continue Reading

From: mailto: Jonathan's Space Report No. 831 2024 Mar 25 Somerville, MA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chandra X-ray Observatory ------------------------- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched in 1999. In a hair-raising event-filled launch on Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-93, Eileen Collins and her crew risked their lives to deploy this ground-breaking scientific instrument. Since t ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 7 Daysview archive of natural events Fires in the Appalachians Smoke billowed from multiple wildfires in the eastern U.S., fueled by dry and windy weather. (Mar 22, 2024) Snowstorm Coats the Rockies A potent storm pushed snowpack levels above normal across Colorado. (Mar 20, 2024) ...Continue Reading

March 25, 2024 Natural Events Latest Images From the Past 3 Daysview archive of natural events Fires in the Appalachians Smoke billowed from multiple wildfires in the eastern U.S., fueled by dry and windy weather. (Mar 22, 2024) NASA | 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771 Unsubscribe nasa_reports@aus-city.com Update Profile | ...Continue Reading