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#DefenseDepartment (#DOD) to end #satellite data programs used for storm forecasts
"Due to recent service changes, the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and Navy's Fleet Numerical #Meteorology and #Oceanography Center (FNMOC) will discontinue ingest, processing and distribution of all DMSP data no later than June 30 2025," the notice said. "This service change and termination will be permanent."
This comes amid cuts in staffing & scientific programs at #NOAA
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Great Salinity Anomaly (Oceanography 🌊)

The Great Salinity Anomaly originally referred to an event in the late 1960s to early 1970s where a large influx of freshwater from the Arctic Ocean led to a salinity anomaly in the northern North Atlantic Ocean, which affected the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Since then, the term "Great Salinity Anomaly" has been applied to successive occurrences...

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en.wikipedia.orgGreat Salinity Anomaly - Wikipedia