Tag Archives: NOAA

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy have named the 11 winners of a competition that sought concepts pairing ocean observation platforms with marine renewable energy systems.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has unveiled an effort to increase agencywide adoption of unmanned airborne and maritime platforms designed to collect environmental data. NOAA said Tuesday it will establish the Unmanned Systems Operations Program within the agency's marine and aviation operations office.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released an initial batch of computer codes to support open and collaborative development of weather forecasting models for use in National Weather Service activities.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration worked with NASA to restore the Deep Space Climate Observatory or DSCOVR imagery satellite that went through some operational issues. NOAA said Monday it co-developed a flight software patch with NASA to address a technical glitch that had the satellite out-of-commission for approximately nine months.

NASA plans to use a space-based instrument to sustain data gathering on the radiation balance in Earth’s atmosphere. Libera, the new selected instrument, would generate data on absorptions, emissions, reflections and atmospheric entries of solar radiation that serves as a factor of Earth's climate, the space agency said Thursday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a new strategy to help expand the application of artificial intelligence in its missions. The NOAA AI strategy sets five goals to improve coordination, understanding, application and awareness of AI across the agency and one of the goals is establishing efficient organizational processes and structure to advance AI.

The U.S. Air Force and its partners have decommissioned a satellite that provided global weather data for over two decades. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 14 satellite performed more than 118K orbits throughout its operational life before the decommissioning on Feb. 11, Los Angeles Air Force Base said Thursday.

Microsoft and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have partnered to integrate Azure and AI capabilities to protect and research ice seals in Alaska, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.

OceanX has entered into an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to expand deep ocean exploration and scientific research activities.

Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., a ranking member of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, has introduced a bill that intends to accelerate innovation and mitigate climate change.