Sentences with phrase «latest weather satellite»

On March 6th, 2017, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest weather satellite, called GOES - 16, detected wildfires in northern Texas from space — before firefighters in the area even received 911 calls.

That's an instrument on the latest weather satellite — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES - 16.

Not exact matches

The United States filled a crucial gap in its weather - forecasting arsenal when it launched its latest geostationary satellite on March 1.

Later that day, a totally unrelated 150 - foot - wide asteroid named 2012 DA14 made a close approach, coming within about 17,000 miles of hitting us — some 5,000 miles closer than many TV and weather satellites.

The proposal would retain support for NOAA's troubled $ 11.3 billion Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), a series of two advanced weather satellites, the first of which is set for launch late this summer, and its $ 11.3 billion line of four new geostationary satellites, the first of which, GOES - 16, launched late last year.

The law, meanwhile, maintains full support for NOAA's troubled $ 11.3 billion Joint Polar Satellite System, a series of two advanced weather satellites, the first of which is set for launch late this summer, and its $ 11.3 billion line of four new geostationary satellites, the first of which, GOES - 16, launched late last year.

Both the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) satellite (analyzed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville by John Christy and Roy Spencer) and weather balloon data (trends reported by a number of researchers, notably Jim Angell at NOAA) have failed to show significant warming since the satellite record began in late 1978, even though the surface record has been rising at its fastest pace (~ 0.15 C / decade) since instrumental records began.

So is total solar irradiance (TSI) and we have continuous measurement of TSI from weather satellites since late 1978 as shown on this graph from the World Radiation Centre in Davos.

is total solar irradiance (TSI) and we have continuous measurement of TSI from weather satellites since late 1978 as

And remember, the satellite data are one small part of a vast amount of data that overwhelmingly show our planet is warming up: retreating glaciers, huge amounts of ice melting at both poles, the «death spiral» of arctic ice every year at the summer minimum over time, earlier annual starts of warm weather and later starts of cold weather, warming oceans, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, more extreme weather, changing weather patterns overall, earlier snow melts, and lower snow cover in the spring...

Climate Central: If the weather holds, NASA will launch its newest Earth - observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California late Monday morning.

The primary ways to monitor global average air temperatures are surface based thermometers (since the late 1800s), radiosondes (weather balloons, since about the 1950s), and satellites measuring microwave emissions (since 1979).

Every day, ECMWF uses the latest observations from weather stations, aircraft, satellites and many other sources to produce up - to - date global estimates of surface air temperature.

I'm in the middle of the Australian scrub with a failing (for some reason) satellite signal, but still connected with Tony's latest hints on Hampshire's weather in the 14th century.

Latest observations of weather in the UK from the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.

Temperature sounding microwave radiometers flown on polar - orbiting weather satellites provide a long - term, global - scale record of upper - atmosphere temperatures, beginning in late 1978 and continuing to the present.

Cruise line operators have not only outfitted their ships with the latest satellite and communications equipment, they also have teams of people who closely monitor the weather — on the ship and back at headquarters.