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Topic: Earth observations

An aerial view of the Mauna Loa Observatory buildings in the midst of old lava flows, located high up on the side of Mauna Loa volcano.

Access to NOAA’s world-renowned Mauna Loa Observatory restored

May 18, 2026

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An aerial view of the Mauna Loa Observatory buildings in the midst of old lava flows, located high up on the side of Mauna Loa volcano.

An image from NOAA's GOES-18 satellite of the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire burning in Southern California on January 8, 2025. (Image credit: NOAA)

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest $15 million to help protect Western U.S. communities from wildfire

January 16, 2025

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

measurements and observations

Earth observations

An image from NOAA's GOES-18 satellite of the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire burning in Southern California on January 8, 2025. (Image credit: NOAA)

RAMA moorings staged on the aft deck of the R/V ISABU in preparation for deployment in the Indian Ocean during spring 2023. Photo Credit: Tara Clemente (UW CICOES/NOAA PMEL)

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA invest $6.7 million for ocean observing systems

September 26, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Earth observations

RAMA moorings staged on the aft deck of the R/V ISABU in preparation for deployment in the Indian Ocean during spring 2023. Photo Credit: Tara Clemente (UW CICOES/NOAA PMEL)

Photo of an aquaculture farm in Carlsbad, CA, taken in 2020. Ocean observations provide critical data and information that we rely on — like weather forecasts and water quality information. Maritime industries need timely, high-quality ocean, coastal and Great Lakes data for informed decision making

Biden-Harris Administration invests $101.5 million for ocean observing systems

September 4, 2024

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measurements and observations

Inflation Reduction Act

Photo of an aquaculture farm in Carlsbad, CA, taken in 2020. Ocean observations provide critical data and information that we rely on — like weather forecasts and water quality information. Maritime industries need timely, high-quality ocean, coastal and Great Lakes data for informed decision making

Photo showing NOAA Affiliates Dr. Elizabeth Steffen (left) and Marine Tech Elizabeth Ricci (right) deploy a Deep Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer (SOLO) Argo float from the R/V Kaʻimikai-O-Kanaloa in 2018.

Biden-Harris Administration invests $2.7 million to improve ocean observations with new robotic floats through Investing in America agenda

April 10, 2024

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

measurements and observations

Earth observations

Photo showing NOAA Affiliates Dr. Elizabeth Steffen (left) and Marine Tech Elizabeth Ricci (right) deploy a Deep Sounding Oceanographic Lagrangian Observer (SOLO) Argo float from the R/V Kaʻimikai-O-Kanaloa in 2018.

Earth's Northern Hemisphere, seen from NOAA's GOES-17 satellite, on Feb. 9, 2019.

Earth from orbit: Every day is Earth Day for NOAA Satellites

April 22, 2021

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satellite images

Earth's Northern Hemisphere, seen from NOAA's GOES-17 satellite, on Feb. 9, 2019.

NOAA's Yana Gevorgyan named new GEO Secretariat Director

November 5, 2020

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Tapping into data from the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite’s Day/Night Band, NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, and the Colorado School of Mines examined the difference in illumination of urban and suburban lights between February and March, 2020. By doing so, the scientists were able to detect areas of dimming (blue), and in some cases brightening (red), of

See: Satellite detects changes in nighttime lights in NYC Metro area

May 11, 2020

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satellite images

Earth observations

Tapping into data from the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite’s Day/Night Band, NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, and the Colorado School of Mines examined the difference in illumination of urban and suburban lights between February and March, 2020. By doing so, the scientists were able to detect areas of dimming (blue), and in some cases brightening (red), of

The crew of NOAA Ship Fairweather crew lower a launch into Puget Sound, Washington, for Hydrographic Systems Readiness Review testing. Since 2015, scientists have been gathering data on the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault system, a 746-mile long strike-slip fault line that extends from offshore of Vancouver Island, Canada, to the Fairweather Range of southeast Alaska. The team has gathered high resolution bathymetric data through multibeam sonar across 5,792 square miles of the ocean bottom

Scientists complete mission to map fast-moving fault off Alaska

August 7, 2018

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nautical charts and maps

Earth observations

The crew of NOAA Ship Fairweather crew lower a launch into Puget Sound, Washington, for Hydrographic Systems Readiness Review testing. Since 2015, scientists have been gathering data on the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault system, a 746-mile long strike-slip fault line that extends from offshore of Vancouver Island, Canada, to the Fairweather Range of southeast Alaska. The team has gathered high resolution bathymetric data through multibeam sonar across 5,792 square miles of the ocean bottom

Photograph taken May 15, 2018, 11:05 am HST, from the Jaggar Museum at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Here we see an ash plume rising from the Kiluea Volcano Overlook Crater. Ash falling from the plume can be seen just to the right side (and below) the plume.

Kilauea eruptions: The way the wind blows, so go the gas and the ash

May 23, 2018

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Photograph taken May 15, 2018, 11:05 am HST, from the Jaggar Museum at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Here we see an ash plume rising from the Kiluea Volcano Overlook Crater. Ash falling from the plume can be seen just to the right side (and below) the plume.

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