NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall
A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought.
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The White House Convenes Scientists to Discuss the World’s New Ocean
How Climate Change is Destroying the Earth – Infographic by LEARNSTUFF.COM
Good News!! GOES-13 is back online. Solar Radiation Data is Available For Downloading
Good News!! GOES-13 is back online. Solar Radiation Can be downloaded by clicking HERE
The GOES-13 satellite was offline from September 25 through October 19, 2012. During this time, solar radiation data for PR and the northern Caribbean Region were not available. However, the water and energy balance algorithm (GOES-PRWEB) continued to function with estimated solar radiation data. GOES-PRWEB results for solar radiation and 24 other hydro-climate variables are available at
https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/
Replacement Weather Satellite for GOES East
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)
Coffee Harvest in Vietnam Set to Drop From Record on Weather
Why 2013 will be a year of crisis
Why 2013 will be a year of crisis
- David Frum: The drought in the U.S., Russia and Australia is driving up food prices
- He says sharp rises in prices have long been tied to unrest among the world’s poor
- High prices have been cited as a cause of last year’s upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia, he says
- Frum: The winner of November election in U.S. will have to deal with the consequences
Bill to Shift NOAA Resources to Short-Term Forecasting
Singapore issues national climate change strategy
Singapore issues national climate change strategy
Perhaps Singapore’s plan is something that Puerto Rico could benefit from.
Recursos de Agua de Puerto Rico
Recursos de Agua de Puerto Rico
A great website with tons of information about Puerto Rico’s water resources
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