August 21st 2015 PDT
August 21, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-128*NASA to Test Emergency Locator Transmitters by Crashing Airplane * NASA’s Search and Rescue Mission Office, at the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, will test emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) Wednesday, Aug. 26 by simulating a severe but survivable plane accident using this 1974 Cessna 172. */Credits: NASA/David C. Bowman/* Using a Cessna 172 dropped from a height of 100 feet, NASA’s Search and Rescue Mission Office will simulate a severe but s ...Continue Reading
August 21st 2015 PDT
August 21, 2015 The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the RapidScat Project: Operations Status: [*] Operations team continues to troubleshoot the “reduced echo power” anomaly which began last Friday evening (August 14 08:01:59 pm PDT; DOY 227 03:01:59 UTC). As previously reported, the primary symptom was a sudden, but sustained, reduction in power level of the radar return reflected from the earth. [*] T ...Continue Reading
August 21st 2015 PDT
The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Several fires charred forests in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in August 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=86458&src=nha *** Image from Aug 19, 2015 (Posted on Aug 20, 2015 4:01 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- SUPER TYPHOON ATSANI While it has been a ...Continue Reading
August 21st 2015 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2233 Issue Time: 2015 Aug 21 0825 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2232 Begin Time: 2015 Aug 16 1800 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8392 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
August 20th 2015 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 21 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 233 Issued at 0030Z on 21 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 20 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 20/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2401 S11W42 271 0060 Dao 05 06 Beta 2403 S13E37 192 0330 Dkc 08 29 Beta-Gamma 2404 N15 ...Continue Reading
August 20th 2015 PDT
August 20, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-127*NASA Holds Media Opportunities to Discuss Rising Sea Levels* */Credits: NASA/* In a series of media opportunities Wednesday, Aug. 26 through Friday, Aug. 28, NASA experts will present an up-to-date global outlook on current conditions and future projections of sea level rise. From fieldwork on the Greenland ice sheet this summer, to new satellite views of sea level changes around the world, NASA’s “Rising Seas” events will provide the latest assessment of scientific und ...Continue Reading
August 20th 2015 PDT
Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2232 Issue Time: 2015 Aug 20 1031 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2231 Begin Time: 2015 Aug 16 1800 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3899 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
August 19th 2015 PDT
:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 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 232 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2401 S10W30 272 0060 Dai 09 08 Beta 2403 S12E50 192 0090 Dac 08 08 Beta IA. H-alpha Pl ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2015 PDT
August 19, 2015 The following message has been forwarded to all registered PO.DAAC users on behalf of the RapidScat Project: Currently the RapidScat mission is unable to process the science data being downlinked from the instrument. All other instrument status are normal including commanding, no alarms have been observed, temperatures are normal, and there are no observed faults. This situation began last Friday evening (August 14 08:01:59 PDT; DOY 227 03:01:59 UT ...Continue Reading
August 19th 2015 PDT
August 19, 2015 RELEASE 15-173*NASA Begins to Build Satellite Mission to Improve Hurricane Forecasting* Engineers begin construction of the first of eight microsatellites for NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. Communication antennas, attitude control, GPS receiver, and other instrumentation will be installed on the satellite frame in the coming weeks. */Credits: SwRI /* Ten years after Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic, c ...Continue Reading
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