The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HURRICANE MARIA Evolving from category 1 to category 5 in less than 18 hours, Hurricane Maria brought destruction to several Caribbean islands. * Puerto Rico Landscape Ravaged by Hurricane Maria (Image from Sep 26, 2017; Posted Sep 28, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91030&src=nha -------------------- ...Continue Reading

  September 28, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-111*South Carolina Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station * Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, is pictured onboard the space shuttle Atlantis shortly before the shuttle and the station began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:53 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 25, 2009. Some scenes in the series show parts of the Mediterranean Sea and Africa and Spain in the background. */Credi ...Continue Reading

  September 28, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-112*Briefing, NASA Television Coverage Set for Upcoming US Spacewalks* In this May 2017 photo, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer works outside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module of the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* Three American astronauts aboard the International Space Station will embark on a trio of spacewalks in October to perform station maintenance. NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2672 Issue Time: 2017 Sep 28 1252 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Sep 28 1235 UTC Station: GOES13 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 Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscri ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Sep 28 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 271 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Sep 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2681 S13W21 179 0080 Hsx 03 01 Alpha 2682 S10E31 127 0180 Hax 03 02 Alpha 2683 N13E46 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- HURRICANE MARIA Evolving from category 1 to category 5 in less than 18 hours, Hurricane Maria brought destruction to several Caribbean islands. * Puerto Rico Landscape Ravaged by Hurricane Maria (Image from Sep 26, 2017; Posted Sep 28, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91030&src=nha -- WATER COLOR (1 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Sep 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 270 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Sep 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2681 S15W09 181 0120 Cso 06 07 Beta 2682 S11E46 122 0180 Hax 03 01 Alpha 2683 N12E60 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (26 September 2017) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) III - 2017 The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) departed from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute at the end of August, 2017, on a mission to understand how gases and particles present in the ocean get into the atmosphere and influence clouds and climate. This is the third voyage of the NAAMES projec ...Continue Reading

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Please be informed that the GHRSST L4 G1SST dataset (https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JPL_OUROCEAN-L4UHfnd-GLOB-G1SST) will stop production at the end of October 2017 due to research changes by data provider. For existing G1SST users, please consider other high spatial resolution L4 datasets such as OSTIA and MUR as alternatives.  We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause to the users.  The OSTIA and MUR datasets can b ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Sep 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 269 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Sep 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2681 S12E04 179 0100 Cso 03 03 Beta 2682 S10E59 126 0200 Hax 03 01 Alpha 2683 N11E76 ...Continue Reading