GISCafe Voice Posts Tagged ‘NOAA’Solar Radiation Storm reaches EarthTuesday, January 24th, 2012This morning, the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center based in Boulder, Colorado, published a map showing a solar radiation storm touching the upper atmosphere in the Earth’s poles. According to their report the Earth is being bombarded with the strongest blast of radiation from the sun since 2003. This event could cause problems for communications and air travel.
New analysis from NOAA shows human-caused climate change a big factor in Mediterranean droughtsFriday, October 28th, 2011Check out this worrisome new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).:  Winter precipitation trends in the Mediterranean region for the period 1902 - 2010. Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). In the last 20 years, 10 of the driest 12 winters have taken place in the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. American Samoan GIS resourcesWednesday, October 7th, 2009Here is a collection of resources for GIS data on American Samoa, the area hit by tsunami last week. GISCorps’ Shoreh Elhami said that as of yet, they have not received any requests for volunteers. Fagatelle Bay National Marine Sanctuary Pacific Disaster Center: http://www.pdc.org/pdf/factsheets/American_Samoa.pdf NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management for American Samoa: http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/mystate/american_samoa.html |
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