Why does NOAA need the total solar eclipse?

Name: Why does NOAA need the total solar eclipse?
Uploaded: 2024-04-08T12:22:49-04:00
Duration: 6 min 49 s
Description: "Don't blame the weatherman," Meteorologist Stephen Morgan told Bill Murtagh of NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. Murtagh worries that skies will be cloudy preventing NOAA from seeing the Sun's corona which will give clues to scientists on how to forecast solar storms dangerous to satellites and electronics.

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Why does NOAA need the total solar eclipse?

"Don't blame the weatherman," Meteorologist Stephen Morgan told Bill Murtagh of NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center. Murtagh worries that skies will be cloudy preventing NOAA from seeing the Sun's corona which will give clues to scientists on how to forecast solar storms dangerous to satellites and electronics.

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