Showing posts with label National Weather Service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Weather Service. Show all posts

Thursday, February 14, 2013

NASA-NOAA Satellite Reveals New Views of Earth at Night | Redux

NASA-NOAA Satellite Reveals New Views of Earth at Night

International Space Station
International Space Station by pauly...
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License
Excerpt:

WASHINGTON-- Scientists unveiled today an extraordinary new appearance at our planet at night. A global composite image, constructed using cloud-free night images from a brand-new NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite, shows the radiance of natural and human-built sensations throughout the planet in higher information than ever before. Numerous satellites are geared up to look at Earth throughout the day, when they could observe our planet totally illuminated by the sunlight. With a new sensor onboard the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite launched last year, researchers now could observe Earth's atmosphere and surface throughout nighttime hours. The new sensor, the day-night band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), is sensitive enough to identify the nocturnal radiance produced by Earth's atmosphere and the light from a single ship in the sea.

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Mitch Goldberg

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Relevance: 0.31349

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0.0354344"The use of the day-night band by the National Weather Service is growing," said Mitch Goldberg, ...
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Miller

Overall Sentiment: -0.116516

Relevance: 0.281102

SentimentQuote
0.133143"It's like having three simultaneous low-light cameras operating at once and we pick the best of various cameras, depending on where we're looking in the scene," Miller said. ...
-0.273375"The night is nowhere as dark as we might think," Miller said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.140232
  • Mean: -0.070116
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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Steve Miller

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.264635

SentimentQuote
0"For all the reasons that we need to see Earth during the day, we also need to see Earth at night," said Steve Miller, ...
0"For all the reasons that we need to see Earth during the day, we also need to see Earth at night," said Steve Miller, a researcher at NOAA's Colorado State University Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. "Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 0

James Gleason

Overall Sentiment: 0.0514811

Relevance: 0.250315

SentimentQuote
0.154303"The remarkable day-night band images from Suomi NPP have impressed the scientific community and exceeded our pre-launch expectations," said James Gleason, ...
Sentiment Stats:
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  • Mean: 0.154303
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

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Relevance: 0.358214

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City: San Francisco

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Superstorm Sandy: Disaster Zone as Nearly 5 Million Are Without Power | Redux

Superstorm Sandy: Disaster Zone as Nearly 5 Million Are Without Power

New York City, Lower Manhattan, Financial District, Wall St. / Trinity Church, 1846.
New York City, Lower Manhattan, Financial District, Wall St. / Trinity Church, 1846. by (vincent desjardins)
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
Excerpt:

Superstorm Sandy unleashed its lethal wrath, leaving nearly five million without power, downing trees and flooding the streets, spurring President Obama to issue disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey. Federal aid will be offered to the affected areas to help supplement state and local clean-up efforts. Sandy continued on a ferocious streak early this morning when a levee in Bergen County, N.J., was breached, resulting in four to five feet of water flowing into three towns and endangering as many as one thousand people, said Jeanne Beratta, spokesperson for the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management. Boat rescues are currently underway and minor injuries have been reported, she said. Although the worst of Sandy is over, high winds are expected to continue whipping through the northeast today, but will weaken at a steady rate, according to a National Weather Service briefing at 5 a.m. EST.

People:

John Miksad

Overall Sentiment: -0.115641

Relevance: 0.308194

SentimentQuote
-0.0488475"When we went into today, we knew the forecast was for strong winds from Sandy as well as the potential for flooding, so we had anticipated and reported to you all that we were expecting overhead outages," Miksad said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0488475
  • Mean: -0.0488475
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

President Obama

Overall Sentiment: -0.651164

Relevance: 0.217602

Gov. Chris Christie

Overall Sentiment: -0.346581

Relevance: 0.215628

SentimentQuote
-0.21196Christie told residents that it was now too dangerous for crews to go in to rescue people who chose to stay, and they would have to "ride out the storm" ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.21196
  • Mean: -0.21196
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Jeanne Beratta

Overall Sentiment: -0.0142258

Relevance: 0.212194

Lorenzo Langford

Overall Sentiment: -0.272843

Relevance: 0.182071

Joe Lhota

Overall Sentiment: 0.201038

Relevance: 0.174451

SentimentQuote
0.214322"The New York City subway system…has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night," MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
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  • Mean: 0.214322
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Davis

Overall Sentiment: 0.0113899

Relevance: 0.173927

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

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Relevance: 0.725688

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Overall Sentiment: -0.224154

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

100-year-old volcano ash in Alaska kicked up by winds | Reduction

100-year-old volcano ash in Alaska kicked up by winds

Surrender to the Haze
Surrender to the Haze by butler.corey
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License
Excerpt:

JUNEAU, Alaska –  A smog-like haze that hung over part of Alaska's Kodiak Island this week was courtesy of a volcanic eruption -- 100 years ago. The National Weather Service said strong winds and a lack of snow Tuesday helped stir up ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, the largest volcanic blast of the 20th century. The ash drifted up to about 4,000 feet and traveled over the Shelikof Strait and across Kodiak Island, prompting an aviation alert. The news was first reported by KMXT radio. Weather service meteorologist Brian Hagenbuch said it isn't unheard of for ash from Novarupta to create a haze, but it isn't very common either. Winds in the area were blowing about 35 to 40 mph, with gusts of more than 52 mph. Officials first picked up the haze on a weather camera Tuesday when the sun was rising. "It looked very foggy. ...

People:

Brian Hagenbuch

Overall Sentiment: -0.0646386

Relevance: 0.825767

SentimentQuote
0"It looked very foggy. ... It was kind of a curious thing," Hagenbuch said. ...
0"It looked very foggy. ... It was kind of a curious thing," Hagenbuch said. "We didn't expect fog there."
-0.035113"brownish, smog-type look," he said. ...
0"milky white plume" spreading out from the northern Alaska peninsula, and authorities later confirmed the existence of ash particles, he ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.035113
  • Mean: -0.00877825
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Charlene Clampffer

Overall Sentiment: -0.109821

Relevance: 0.680936

SentimentQuote
0"It was over everything," Clampffer said. ...
0"It looked like it was going to rain or something when we first noticed it," she said. ...
0.0214476"We had to wear masks and take care of ourselves," Clampffer said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0214476
  • Mean: 0.0071492
  • Standard Deviation: 1

Shelikof Strait

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.432267

Dave Schneider

Overall Sentiment: -0.173186

Relevance: 0.368331

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

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Overall Sentiment: -0.11396

Relevance: 0.796588

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Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.542084

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Relevance: 0.628269

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Relevance: 0.317257

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Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.459862

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Overall Sentiment: -0.294248

Relevance: 0.402164

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City: St. Helens

Overall Sentiment: 0.350518

Relevance: 0.338676

City: Anchorage

Overall Sentiment: -0.114541

Relevance: 0.327905

Country: Algeria

Overall Sentiment: -0.0831214

Relevance: 0.34231

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Overall Sentiment: -0.111588

Relevance: 0.323135

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Overall Sentiment: -0.103866

Relevance: 0.334709

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Relevance: 0.415239

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Organization: National Weather Service

Overall Sentiment: -0.0979022

Relevance: 0.484355

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