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New experimental mesoscale eddy products
Announcement
The sea surface height team in NOAA’s Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry developed two experimental mesoscale eddy products:
Multiparameter Eddy Significance Index (MESI)
MUltiparameter NRT System for Tracking Eddies Retroactively (MUNSTER)
Hardware issues result in inaccessible data
Announcement
Data access has been restored.
Sea surface temperature processing issues
Announcement
Sea surface temperature processing of ACSPO FRAC L2P/L3U and L3S products has been suspended due to ongoing maintenance beginning August 12, 2024.
New Hurricane Tool in Development
Announcement
AOML, CIMAS, and CoastWatch have developed an initial version of a hurricane-ocean database and display for all Atlantic tropical cyclones during 2003-2022
Upcoming ACSPO SST Filename change
Announcement
The NOAA Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) L3S-LEO-PM and L3S-LEO-DY products will be updated from ACSPO v2.80 to ACSPO v2.81 on October 2, 2023.
The updates from V2.80 are:
NOAA-21 reaches Provisional Maturity for SST
Announcement
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) has approved NOAA-21 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Advanced Clear Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) sea surface temperature (SST) products for Provisional Maturity
Sargassum FAQ
User Story
A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Sargassum was composed by the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in partnership with NOAA CoastWatch Caribbean, Gulf of America, and Atlantic OceanWatch Node.
Colors and Confusion: Making Better Color Choices for Data Visualization
User Story
Communication of scientific information and data to the public is part of NOAA’s mission, and scientific visualization is often the public’s first encounter with the agency’s data. This post gives an overview of recent advances and considerations for selecting and improving color selection for remote sensing data. NOAA CoastWatch will be experimenting with different colors for its data presentations.
Ice Breaking Operations and Shipping in the Great Lakes
User Story
In order to understand ice formation and the types of ice in the Great Lakes, the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and the U.S. Coast Guard use Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Node to monitor six different types of ice, ice thickness, and ice cover.
Monitoring Sea Surface Winds and Sea Ice with Satellite Radar
User Story
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an active radar satellite instrument that transmits microwave pulses that bounce off the Earth’s surface. The radar signals are then processed into imagery that can be used to derive several geographic and non-geographic features including: wind speeds, oil spills, sea ice and ship detection.
Atlantic OceanWatch Assisting FEMA as Sargassum Reaches Record Levels in Caribbean
User Story
Node Managers Dr. Goni and Dr. Trinanes are participating in the USVI/Sargassum Emergency FEMA Workshop in St. Croix
Predicting Vibrio Risk Using Satellite Data
User Story
As sea temperatures rise, lethal Vibrio bacteria species populations are growing. The NOAA CoastWatch Caribbean and Gulf of America regional node at AOML has developed a model to predict Vibrio habitat suitability on a global scale.
CoastWatch Tools and Data Featured in Undergraduate Courses
User Story
Dr. Sherry Palacios from CSUMB utilizes CoastWatch ERDDAP, Data Portal, and training materials in her oceanography curricula.
Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Eruption
Gallery Images
Predicting Lake Ice Drifts in Cleveland
User Story
Meteorologists at the Cleveland Weather Forecast Office tell a story exemplifying how CoastWatch data supports their mission, and how accurate predictions can save lives.
Predicting Winter Weather in Michigan
User Story
Forecasters at the Grand Rapids Weather Forecast Office describe how they use CoastWatch data to predict lake effect snow, freezing spray, and more.
| 2025-11-21 | Switch from Himawari-8 to Himawari-9 |
| 2025-09-11 | Possible disruptions in ASCAT wind and SEVIRI SST products |
| 2025-08-20 | NOAA CoastWatch Sentinel-1C data availability |
| 2025-06-17 | Product Availability |
