The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ACTIVITY AT MT. ETNA In December 2015, Europe's largest and most active volcano rumbled with tremors, spewed ash, and spit lava into the Sicilian night. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87097&src=nha *** Image from Dec 03, 2015 (Posted on Dec 03, 2015 11:51 AM) ----------------------------- ...Continue Reading

December 03, 2015 RELEASE 15-230*Al Condes Named Associate Administrator of NASA’s Office of International and Interagency Relations* NASA has named Al Condes the agency’s new associate administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) following the retirement of Michael O’Brien. As associate administrator, Condes will oversee the office that provides executive leadership and coordination for NASA international activities and partnerships and for policy interactions between NASA and ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2280 Issue Time: 2015 Dec 03 1406 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2279 Begin Time: 2015 Dec 02 1610 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1421 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

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 03 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 337 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2458 N11W66 002 0050 Cao 05 05 Beta 2459 N05W34 330 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2279 Issue Time: 2015 Dec 02 1627 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2015 Dec 02 1610 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: 2015 Dec 02 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 336 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2458 N09W51 001 0060 Cao 04 06 Beta 2459 N04W20 330 0010 Hrx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha P ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (01 December 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Features: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/ * Seeing Through the Smoky Pall: Observations from a Grim Indonesian Fire Season http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/IndonesianFires/?src=eoa-features Thick peat, El Niño weather, and economic development came together to produce prodigious fires and planet-warming emissions. -------------------- Latest Images: ht ...Continue Reading

December 1, 2015 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the science data records containing RapidScat’s Normalized Radar Cross Section data (also known as “sigma-0” or “sigma-naught”) for processing levels 1B and 2A (at 25 km and 12.5 km resolutions). All three of these datasets are provided in the legacy HDF-4 format consistent with the QuikSCAT science data records. Data access and more detailed information on these datasets may be obtained at each of the res ...Continue Reading

December 01, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-167*NASA TV Coverage Set for Orbital ATK Resupply Mission to Space Station* A transporter moves Orbital ATK's enhanced Cygnus spacecraft, fitted inside the payload fairing of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V, from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Space Launch Complex 41. The Cygnus is a cargo-only spacecraft that will take about 7,300 pounds of experiments, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. */Cre ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Dec 01 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 335 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Dec 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2457 N12W65 028 0020 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2458 N09W36 359 0080 Cao 05 08 Beta 2459 N04W07 ...Continue Reading