Hearing- Examining the Nation’s Current and Next Generation Weather Satellite Programs Defense Weather Satellites: DOD Faces Acquisition Challenges for Addressing Capability Needs, GAO “GAO found in March 2016 that the […]
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Hearing: Problems With U.S. Weather Satellites
Hearing: Weather Satellite Delays, Data Gap to Harm U.S. Forecasting (with testimony links) “Today, the Subcommittees on Oversight and Environment held a joint hearing to examine schedule delays to our […]
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Major Problem With NWS Satellite Data Continues
Weather Service stops receiving satellite data, issues notice about forecast quality, Washington Post “Since at least Tuesday, some satellite data – an important input to weather prediction models – has […]
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Snowstorm Update
Monster Snow Storm As Seen From Space “The monster winter storm that brought icing to the U.S. southeast moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard and brought snow, sleet and rain […]
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Bad Weather Affects NASA Ops
Keith’s note: The bad weather on the east coast has pretty much brought the Washington DC Metro and mid-atlantic area to a crawl with bad road conditions and increasing power […]
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Weather Satellite Gap Looming Ahead
Subcommittees Review Looming Gap in Weather Satellite Coverage Call for Better Prioritization to Ensure Consistent Weather Data, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology “The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) […]
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Weather Satellite Delays and Cost Overruns
Impacts of Delays and Cost Overruns on Nation’s Weather Satellites “Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Chairman Paul Broun (R-GA) and Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) held […]
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NPOESS in Space (Finally)
NASA Launches Multi-Talented Earth-Observing Satellite PCAST Meeting Featured Bolden (2011), earlier post “Bolden also refered to NPOESS as “one of my nightmares” and that it is “also one of John […]
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Irene Is Now A Large Planetary Feature
Photo: Hurricane Irene Seen in a Planetary Context From Orbit “NASA / NOAA GOES-13 satellite image showing earth on August 26, 2011 at 14:45 UTC (10:45 a.m. EDT). Hurricane Irene […]
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Bad Weather As Seen From Orbit
Photo: Monster Winter Storm Affecting 30 States NASA image release January 31, 2011. This visible image was captured by the GOES-13 satellite and shows the low pressure area bringing snowfall […]