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Antarctic ozone hole is 13th largest on record and expected to persist into November NOAA

Antarctic ozone hole is 13th largest on record and expected to persist into November

Lt. Timothy Holland, NOAA Corps, emerges from a balloon assembly station with an ozonesonde attached to a weather balloon before releasing it over the South Pole. Credit: Josiah Horneman, Station Physician's Assistant, Antarctic Support Contract The 2021 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum area on October 7 and ranks 13th…
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October 28, 2021
NOAA’s winter weather outlook: Above-average temperatures in South and East, thanks to La Niña NOAA

NOAA’s winter weather outlook: Above-average temperatures in South and East, thanks to La Niña

Above-average temperatures are predicted across the South and most of the eastern U.S. this winter.The big Northeast snowstorms and blizzards – which can paralyze cities from Boston to Washington, D.C. – tend to be less common during La Niña winters.Drought conditions are forecast to persist and develop in the Southwest and Southern…
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October 21, 2021
Newly available GPS data helps scientists better understand ionosphere NOAA

Newly available GPS data helps scientists better understand ionosphere

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a constellation of satellites orbiting the Earth approximately 11,000 miles in space. The GPS satellites in this animation are not drawn to scale. However, their orbits and orientation to the Earth are approximately correct. GPS satellites are organized into six different orbital paths completely…
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October 6, 2021
NASA selects partners for Geostationary and Extended Observations Sounder Phase A Studies NOAA

NASA selects partners for Geostationary and Extended Observations Sounder Phase A Studies

NASA has selected Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colorado and L3Harris Technologies Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for a Geostationary and Extended Observations (GeoXO) Sounder (GXS) Phase A Study contracts. The GXS Phase A Study requirement will provide services to help meet the objectives of the National Oceanic…
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October 1, 2021
NOAA Awards $41 Million In Ocean Observation Funding NOAA

NOAA Awards $41 Million In Ocean Observation Funding

The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Office has announced 11 new five-year, cooperative ocean observing agreements. Those agreements support the continued growth, expansion, and modernization of the USA’s climate, coastal, ocean and Great Lakes observing capabilities. In the first year, NOAA will distribute US$41…
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September 27, 2021