:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 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 323 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2687 S09E18 175 0030 Hrx 02 04 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 18 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2707 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 18 1136 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2706 Begin Time: 2017 Nov 17 1150 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 2332 pfu 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 Sub ...Continue Reading

November 18, 2017 RELEASE 17-086*NASA Launches NOAA Weather Satellite Aboard United Launch Alliance Rocket to Improve Forecasts* At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 2, the Delta II rocket engines roar to life. The 1:47 a.m. PST (4:47 a.m. EST), liftoff begins the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, mission. JPSS is the first in a series four next-generation environmental satellites in a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA. */Credits: NASA/* NASA has successfully launched for th ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 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 322 Issued at 0030Z on 18 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 17 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 17/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2687 S08E31 175 0060 Hax 04 04 Alpha 2688 N11W32 238 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- RAIN AND FLOODING IN GREECE In November 2017, brief and torrential rainfall caused flooding in Greece. * Flash Floods in Greece (Image from Nov 16, 2017; Posted Nov 16, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91287&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2706 Issue Time: 2017 Nov 17 1207 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2017 Nov 17 1150 UTC Station: GOES-13 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 subscr ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Nov 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 321 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Nov 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2687 S08E39 178 0090 Cao 12 05 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/ ...Continue Reading

(/After you have checked out the latest issue, see below for a new way to subscribe to EO Kids updates./) *Ocean Green: Blooming Oceans* In the latest edition of *EO Kids*, we explore the swirling seas of phytoplankton blooms and invite readers to create their own NASA science visualization by making a flipbook. Read about how these tiny organisms are making a big impact on our living Earth. Flip through the pages and see the ocean change color as phytoplankton blooms and the land changes between brown and green a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WATER COLOR (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- BLOOM OFF NEW ZEALAND A phytoplankton blooms swirls in the waters of the Tasman Sea off New Zealand's South Island coast. * Bloom off of New Zealand (Image from Nov 13, 2017; Posted Nov 15, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91274&src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

November 16, 2017 RELEASE 17-090*NASA Selects Instrument for Future International Mission to Martian Moons * Artist’s concept of Japan’s Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, carrying a NASA instrument to study the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos. */Credits: JAXA/NASA/* NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrograph, will help scientists resolve one of ...Continue Reading