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Featured NewsFebruary 12, 2024 STAR Scientists Support Operationalization of NOAA-21 Wind & Ice ProductsThe JPSS Program review on 25 January 2024 found that Polar Winds, Ice Thickness/Age, and Snow Cover products supported by STAR and CIMSS colleagues exceeded the requirements for Provisional Maturity stage and are now declared Validated Maturity, ready for operational use. February 12, 2024 STAR Scientists Test New Ocean Wind and Ice Products In AlaskaThe OWW experiment commenced with the arrival of STAR and Aircraft Operations Center staff in Anchorage on January 19 aboard the NOAA P-3 “Kermit.” This season’s objectives are to: validate and improve ocean winds and ice products, test new remote sensing methodologies, and characterize the air-sea interface in the extremes. February 7, 2024 STAR's Ivan Csiszar Honored with Commerce Silver Medal AwardIvan was nominated as part of a cross-Line Office team by NOAA Research for the operational value of predictions of wildfire smoke transport and its impact on weather to support air quality alerts and visibility forecasts. February 5, 2024 New Product Shows Promise for Methane MonitoringThis new geostationary data product has great potential to improve our ability to monitor methane emissions, which are second only to carbon dioxide in warming effects. The technique was introduced in a recent paper by Harvard scientists. January 18, 2024 Pavolonis Quoted in Wildfire Detection ArticleDr. Michael Pavolonis, NESDIS Wildland Fire Program Manager was quoted in an article by Meteorological Technology Today titled “How are drones, satellites and AI models working together to predict fires and save lives?” hover over animation to pause
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