New NOAA Polar-Orbiting Satellite to improve Alaskan Weather/Hazard Forecasts
![This image of Alaska was taken by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite New NOAA Polar-Orbiting Satellite to improve Alaskan Weather/Hazard Forecasts](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/blobid1_1509638697144.jpg)
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, experts from NOAA will discuss how information from JPSS-1, the first in a series of four advanced NOAA polar-orbiting satellites called the Joint Polar Satellite System, will be used by scientists to help improve weather and natural hazard forecasts in Alaska. The instruments aboard the new satellite will provide more than […]