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Earth Orbiting Satellites

According to an inventory maintained by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), there are over 8000 individual satellites orbiting Earth. This animation depicts approximately 7300 of the active satellites in April 2023. The blue dots depict Low … Continue reading

Category: Technology, Uncategorized

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GOES-16 Tracks the Big Three

Three major tropical storms dominated the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season: Harvey, Irma, and Maria. These destructive hurricanes all occurred within four weeks of each other and created unprecedented challenges for coastal communities, forecasters and first responders. Fortunately, the Advanced Baseline … Continue reading

Category: Technology, Tropical

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Introducing the 16 Spectral Bands on GOES-16 ABI

Overview NOAA’s newest geostationary satellite, GOES-16 carries breakthrough technology, including the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) that measures 16 channels of the electromagnetic spectrum! To put this in perspective, current operational GOES measures 5 channels, or 5 spectral bands, of the … Continue reading

Category: Atmosphere, Climate, Technology

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