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NOAA Maps Where Hurricanes Meet Ocean Heat →
Tropical cyclones may feed and grow stronger on ocean heat, and a new Google Earth application based on satellite altimetry observations shows where they may find it.
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New Study Finds Ocean Warmed Significantly Since 1993
A new study co-authored by JPL's Josh Willis finds the upper layer of Earth's ocean has warmed significantly over the past 16 years, indicating a strong climate change signal.
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GOES-15 Opens Its Infrared "Eyes" for First Image
From approximately 22,236 miles in space, GOES-15 took its first full-disk infrared image of the Earth on April 26, 2010.
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GOES-13 is now GOES East
The GOES-12 satellite is being moved to cover South America, so GOES-13 goes into service over the Eastern United States.
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GOES-15 Opens Its "Eyes" and Sees First Image of Earth
The GOES-15 (formerly GOES-P satellite) Opens Its "Eyes" and Sees First Image of Earth.
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GOES-12 Observes Flooding in Northeastern U.S.
A video showing 10 days of GOES-12 data shows the storms that dumped heavy rainfall on the Northeastern United States in the latter part of March.
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NASA, NOAA Mark 50 Years of Weather Watching from Space
Fifty years ago, the world's first weather satellite, TIROS-1, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., opening a new and exciting dimension in weather forecasting.
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Extreme Weather Impacts Migratory Birds
According to a pair of new NASA-funded studies, migratory birds experience severe impacts to their habitats and populations from droughts and hurricanes.
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El Nino's Last Hurrah →
El Niño 2009-2010 just keeps hanging in there.
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GOES Satellite Movie Captures Record-Setting February Blizzards in Washington
During the first two weeks of February 2010, the GOES-12 weather satellite observed a record setting series of Nor'easter snow storms which blanketed the mid-Atlantic coast in two blizzards.
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Flooding 'GOES' to the Movies Via Satellite
The northeastern U.S. was subjected to heavy flooding and damage from late winter storms, and GOES-12 captured a movie of those storms as they dumped heavy rainfall between March 8 and 16, 2010.
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NASA and NOAA's Environmental Satellite Now GOES-15
Twelve days after a flawless launch, NASA and NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P reached its proper orbit and was renamed GOES-15.
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NASA Weather Pioneer Joanne Simpson Passes
Dr. Joanne Simpson, one of NASA's leading weather scientists of the past 30 years, and a world-renowned atmospheric scientist, died on Thursday, March 4, 2010.
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NASA and NOAA'S GOES-P Satellite Successfully Launched
The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-P, lifted off Thursday aboard a Delta IV rocket at 6:57 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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Take a Video Tour of GOES-P Before Launch
Take a behind-the-scenes video tour of some of the critical facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where go or no go decisions are made on the day of the GOES-P weather satellite launch.
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Studying Storms to Improve Global Weather Monitoring
NASA studies data from three unique weather monitoring tools to help predict how storms evolve.
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NASA, NOAA Ready GOES-P Satellite For Launch
The GOES-P satellite is now on the launchpad and will launch on March 2.
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GOES-P Set for Launch
The GOES-P spacecraft was fueled on Jan. 30 and mated with the Delta IV that will put it in orbit.
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Into The Clean Room →
"Into the Clean Room" at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. with Chris Blair and Barbara Lambert. Preparation needed to go in a clean room where satellites like GOES-P are built.
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Magda (Southern Indian Ocean)
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite gives scientists a three-dimensional look at tropical cyclones without the glasses.
 "Still from video: engineer in front of GOES-P satellite")