STAR Teams Push JSTAR Products to Provisional Status
VIIRS True Color Image of Great Lakes from J2 - 12 April 2023
20 April 2023 -
As a consequence of the JSTAR SDR and VIIRS EDR Cal/Val teams' efforts,
a number of important J2 datasets reached provisional maturity level
and are now available to users. This declaration coincides with the
NOAA-21 Handover Review March 29/30. The JSTAR teams worked extremely
hard to achieve this milestone and were recognized for their efforts
by the handover review team.
The STAR VIIRS SDR team has produced
first light imagery from the VIIRS visible bands. The image shows
true color imagery from December 5. The VIIRS visible/near infrared
bands were the second instrument to be activated, with the VIIRS
thermal bands, CRIS, and OMPS to follow in February.
16 March 2023 -
The STAR JPSS SDR teams have released first light imagery for
four of its advanced instruments - VIIRS, CRIS, ATMS, and OMPS,
aboard NOAA-21. NOAA-21, which is the third satellite in the
JPSS series, was launched on November 21, 2022. It will
provide continuity for weather forecasters and the
broader environmental monitoring community.
The release of this imagery marked a significant milestone
for NOAA-21 and for the scientific community as a whole. The
data collected by these instruments will be used to advance
our understanding of the Earth's environment and inform policy
decisions on issues such as climate change and natural resource management. With this groundbreaking technology at their fingertips, scientists and researchers around the world are poised to make new discoveries and advance our understanding of the world around us.
18 September 2023 - One of my fondest memories as a child was visiting the Eastern Shore of Maryland and spending time on the Assateague Island National Seashore and swimming at Ocean City. These memories played an important role in developing my love for coastal and marine science.
Did you know that a quarter of all U.S. National Parks are on or near the coast? Many coastal parks and communities are dealing with issues such as sea-level rise, saltwater intrusion, and warming temperatures. Therefore there are many parks, such as Assateague, that deal with the forefront effects of climate change on a daily basis.
This is where I believe STAR can be a strong resource in finding solutions to issues that other agencies like National Park Service (NPS) have to manage, through programs like NOAA Coastwatch... Read more on Nicole Hammond's blog.
STAR Ocean Color Publication Among Top-Cited Papers
20 April 2023 - STAR Scientist Dr. Menghua Wang
has been notified that his article "Global Estimation of Suspended
Particulate Matter From Satellite Ocean Color Imagery" is among the
top cited and downloaded papers for the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
and is a top downloaded article by Wiley Publishing in 2021. Congratulations, Menghua!
STAR Leads at
OSOS-3
10 November 2022 - The Call for Abstracts and
Registration for the Third International Operational Satellite
Oceanography Symposium (OSOS-3) are now open! OSOS-3 will be
held June 12-16, 2023, Busan South Korea. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR and EUMETSAT
are excited to welcome Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA)
as co-host of this third meeting in the series (prior meetings in 2019
and 2021). Derek Manzello and Heather Roman-Stork will represent NOAA
as meeting co-chairs. This meeting is an endorsed United Nations Ocean Decade event.
NOAA-21 First Light Images
