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While Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data will no longer be provided to NOAA, the agency has not lost all access to ...
A satellite program that has historically been a key source of weather forecasting data will be discontinued no later than ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite ...
Earlier this month, the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it would discontinue the “ingest, processing and ...
Federal authorities say they will discontinue some weather data — but they are delaying the original plan to do so by one ...
Hurricane experts have already raised alarms about the effect the Trump administration's slashing of science budgets could ...
This latest blow to federal forecasting abilities is sparking outrage from meteorologists and public officials.
The satellite in question is called the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder, or SSMIS. According to NOAA, the data from ...
This is a big deal," meteorologist Michael Lowry said. "For hurricane forecasting, this is the biggest hit that I've seen to ...
The Defense Department will still maintain the satellite program will cease sharing the imagery with NOAA and NASA.
Scientists were initially given less than a week to prepare for the loss of microwave observations that are key in detecting ...
The program was initially supposed to be cut off June 30 to "mitigate a significant cybersecurity risk," NOAA said in an ...