MIAMI, FL – AUGUST 29: The logo of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seen at the Nation Hurricane Center on August 29, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images).
General Dynamics Information Technology will support a new NOAA high-performance computer that promises to advance weather, climate, ocean and ecosystem prediction research.
A June 2023 image from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-16 satellite shows smoke from wildfires in Canada over the midwest and northeastern regions of the U.S. GOES-16 was the first of four geostationary weather satellites in the GOES-R series. (Image via NOAA)
Interior and the Forest Service will work with NOAA to use data from a fleet of weather satellites to improve the speed and accuracy of wildfire tracking.
