16 September 2020
The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025
... during the last cycle, cycle 24, has been relatively low, said experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) during a media event on Tuesday. In December 2019 this lull in behaviour came to an end when statistics...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... literature over the past four decades. In particular, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supported a significant data consolidation and interpretation effort in 1972-1973. However, some observations belonging to different...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
...the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, while the UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center concluded that the vulnerability of the financial services...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
... which are simply impossible to implement without the use of a solar sail. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has expressed interest in placing a long-duration solar storm warning spacecraft closer to the Sun, yet...
May 2022
Using space data to improve life on Earth
... a large constellation of satellites in space. We currently supply crucial weather data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), European Centre...
April 2024
The promise of space-based LiDAR
... of forest density and plant health. An example is provided by the 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study, conducted by Dewberry Engineers and sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Geological...
