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Replacement Weather Satellite for GOES East

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Replacement Weather Satellite for GOES East

This is bad news for the Caribbean Region.  And this is very bad news for those of you that regularly download solar radiation data from pragwater.com or rely on results from GOES-PRWEB.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed Monday that GOES-13 has been placed in stand-by mode, following increased vibrations, or “noise,” observed in imagery over the past couple of days.  For more information visit http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/key-us-weather-satellite-goes/78844

This post has implications on data from the following pragwater web pages:
https://pragwater.com/solar-radiation-data-for-pr-dr-and-haiti/
https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/

This composite satellite image from Sunday shows a lack of data from GOES-13 over the east coast of the U.S. (CIMSS Satellite Blog)

The climate of the climate change debate is changing

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The climate of the climate change debate is changing

Quantifying how greenhouse gases contribute to extreme weather is a crucial step in calculating the cost of human influence

Related Links:

Climate Variability and Climate Change: The New Climate Dice
https://pragwater.com/2012/06/27/climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice/

Study links global warming to Texas heat waves
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/10/4621303/study-links-global-warming-to.html

Scientists attribute extreme weather to man-made climate change
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/10/extreme-weather-manmade-climate-change?CMP=twt_fd

Crazy summer is a result of ‘global weirding’, not warming
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-1-120738-Crazy-summer-is-a-result-of-%E2%80%98global-weirding%E2%80%99-not-warming

State of the Climate – NOAA’s June Report
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/