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Transportation & Safety
NOAA-21 reaches Provisional Maturity for SST
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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. This means the product is ready for operational use though incremental improvements and validation will continue as the product moves to Full/Validated Maturity. Learn more about maturity levels |
Sargassum FAQ
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The Caribbean overcame significant challenges in 2022 as Sargassum washed ashore in unprecedented amounts. More about that event can be found in a CoastWatch User Story here. |
C-HARM: Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms with Satellite Data
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User Story
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Colors and Confusion: Making Better Color Choices for Data Visualization
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User Story
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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.
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Ice Breaking Operations and Shipping in the Great Lakes
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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.
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Monitoring Sea Surface Winds and Sea Ice with Satellite Radar
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User Story
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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.
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