Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality has funded seven multi-year proposals totaling $1.3 million this year for university partners and federal scientists to more rapidly and smoothly transfer new technology, research results, and observational advances through NOAA’s Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT) to operational hurricane forecasting.
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
The U.S. has over three million square nautical miles of coastal ocean floor in a constant state of change. Constantly surveying that seabed, to maintain safe navigation and protect coastal areas, is a huge challenge. Charts for some areas still rely on water depth measurements taken 70 years ago – or even earlier. Fortunately, a
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Summer can be a tough time for many species in the Gulf of Mexico, when the combination of nutrient-rich river runoff and warm temperatures can rob coastal bottom waters of oxygen. Where that happens, shrimp, fish, and other creatures can be forced to flee to fresher waters, leaving a so-called dead zone behind.
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next generation of GOES satellites, beginning with GOES-R, will have the ability to take full-disk images of Earth at five-minute intervals. That means that GOES-R will be able to image everything it can see in the same length of time it takes the current GOES (short for Geostationary Operational
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) recently completed two key programmatic reviews at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and is continuing a steady, on schedule and on budget march toward the 2017 launch of JPSS-1, the second in the series of next generation polar-orbiting weather satellites.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
In its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued today, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an active or extremely active season this year. For the six-month hurricane season, which begins June 1, NOAA’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook says there is a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which
Monday, May 27th, 2013
The Great Lakes watershed is the largest system of fresh surface water in the world and is a source of abundant natural resources. However, urban and industrial development along the shoreline has degraded water quality, posing threats to wildlife and human health. Restoration of Great Lakes ecosystems is now a priority among federal, state, and
Friday, May 10th, 2013
The 2013 spring and summer red tide reason in New England is expected to be “moderate” according to NCCOS’s partner, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), forecast last month. Ocean and weather data from the Gulf of Maine buoys play an important role in this forecasting effort. When developing this new red tide forecast system, scientists depended on historical
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Join the NYS GIS Association and a distinguished panel of specialists from NOAA for a webinar to learn about their real time and predictive information services related to the weather events that most threaten New York State and the Northeast Region.
