http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. NASA's TRMM satellite passed over Tropical Storm Andrea right after it was named, while NASA's Terra satellite captured a visible image of the storm's reach hours beforehand. TRMM measures rainfall from space and saw that rainfall rates in the southern part of the storm was falling at almost 5 inches per hour. http://phys.org/news289739054.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:04:19 EST news289739054 Cyclone Haruna strengthened into a cyclone and quickly developed an eye that became apparent on visible and infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite. NASA's TRMM satellite analyzed Haruna's heavy rainfall, and NASA and NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a night-time image that verified the strongest areas of the storm. http://phys.org/news280595516.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:21:37 EST news280595516 Ex-tropical cyclone Oswald doesn't know when to stop causing problems for Queensland, Australia, and now teamed up with a low pressure area, it continues to bring heavy rainfall. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the remnants and saw Oswald hugging the southeastern Queensland coast. http://phys.org/news278401138.html Space & Earth Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:39:03 EST news278401138 NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, satellite acts as a rain gauge in space as it orbits the Earth's tropics. As TRMM flew over Hurricane Sandy since its birth on Oct. 21 it was gathering data that has now been mapped to show how much rain the storm dropped along the U.S. eastern seaboard. http://phys.org/news271007191.html Space & Earth Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:47:09 EST news271007191 NASA satellites continue to watch the long-lived Nadine in the eastern Atlantic. Today, Oct. 1, NASA satellite data revealed that Nadine has weakened from a hurricane and is now a tropical storm. http://phys.org/news268328898.html Space & Earth Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:48:24 EST news268328898 Scientists and forecasters have been analyzing Tropical Storm Nadine using various NASA satellites as NASA's Global Hawk flew over the storm gathering information. Both the Global Hawk and NASA's TRMM satellite noticed that Nadine has continued to display tropical characteristics, indicating that it has not transitioned to an extra-tropical storm. http://phys.org/news267379795.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:10:06 EST news267379795 Tropical Storm Nadine's life story during the week of Sept. 11 has been about the storm's continual struggle to become a hurricane. NASA's TRMM satellite captured a look at the rainfall and towering clouds within Nadine as the system continues to deal with wind shear and dry air that are keeping it under hurricane status. http://phys.org/news266859781.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:45:37 EST news266859781 NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) airborne mission sent an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft this morning to study newborn Tropical Depression 14 in the central Atlantic Ocean that seems primed for further development. The Global Hawk left NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., this morning for a planned 26-hour flight to investigate the depression. http://phys.org/news266599783.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:30:37 EST news266599783 NASA's TRMM satellite has been measuring the heavy rainfall in Ernesto, and some of the rainfall totals may reach one foot in Central America. NASA's Aqua satellite spotted a large area of the strong thunderstorms generating that heavy rainfall, wrapped around the storm's center. Ernesto made landfall in the Yucatan and is currently tracking west over land. http://phys.org/news263664069.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:01:15 EST news263664069 NASA's TRMM satellite noticed that Fabio's remnants have "chilled out" in very cool waters of the Eastern Pacific, while only dropping light to moderate rains. http://phys.org/news261994124.html Space & Earth Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:08:50 EST news261994124 The South Pacific hurricane Tropical Depression season normally ends in April but Tropical Depression 21P has developed in the South Pacific Ocean between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands from "System 91P," a low pressure area. NASA's TRMM Satellite passed over Tropical Depression 21P and captured rainfall dates and cloud heights. http://phys.org/news260467997.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:13:23 EST news260467997 Tropical Storm Guchol became the first tropical cyclone to hit Japan this year and NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites have captured radar, infrared and visible imagery of the recently weakened storm. http://phys.org/news259402719.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:18:44 EST news259402719 Typhoon Guchol has spawned alerts in the Philippines as it is forecast to skirt the eastern part of Luzon this weekend, and will likely spawn warnings in Okinawa and western Japan over the next couple of days as it tracks in that direction. NASA's TRMM satellite analyzed rainfall within the storm and found heavy rainfall around the center of circulation, falling at a rate of over 2 inches/50 mm per hour and there were hot towering thunderstorms. http://phys.org/news259004571.html Space & Earth Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:42:57 EST news259004571 The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM measures how much rain can fall per hour in storms. Between June 6 and 7, TRMM noticed the rainfall rate within Tropical Depression Kuena had lessened. http://phys.org/news258397743.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:09:10 EST news258397743 NASA satellites are providing rainfall, temperature, pressure, visible and infrared data to forecasters as Hurricane Bud is expected to make a quick landfall in western Mexico this weekend before turning back to sea. NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites have been flying over Bud as it nears the Mexican coast. http://phys.org/news257176814.html Space & Earth Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:21 EST news257176814 The first typhoon of the northern hemisphere 2012 typhoon season is headed for landfall in Vietnam. NASA's Aqua and TRMM satellites have been providing forecasters with valuable data on Typhoon Pakhar, that includes rainfall rates, cloud extent and temperature. http://phys.org/news252352843.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:01:38 EST news252352843 A tropical storm called Lua formed in the Indian Ocean off Australia's northwestern coast on March 13, 2012. NASA's TRMM satellite passed over Lua and observed moderate rainfall and strong towering thunderstorms within on March 13. By March 14, it was turning back toward Australia and storm warnings had been posted. http://phys.org/news250967449.html Space & Earth Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:10:55 EST news250967449 Hot towers, or towering thunderclouds that give off an excessive amount of latent heat, usually indicate a tropical cyclone will strengthen in six hours, and NASA's TRMM satellite saw some of them as it passed by Tropical Storm Koji. http://phys.org/news250534855.html Space & Earth Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:01:02 EST news250534855 Tropical Cyclone 15S has had a difficult "childhood." It was born on March 1 and immediately dealt with a harsh environment. The cyclone weakened within 24 hours to a remnant low pressure area, and NASA's TRMM satellite revealed there was still some strength remaining in the storm. http://phys.org/news249931751.html Space & Earth Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:29:30 EST news249931751 A weak tropical low pressure area known as System 92S, and locally called Irina caused flooding over northern Madagascar less than two weeks after deadly flooding by Tropical Cyclone Giovanna in the south and central part of the island nation. NASA's TRMM satellite measured System 92S's rainfall over Madagascar, and measured some high rain totals. http://phys.org/news249671006.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:03:34 EST news249671006 Data from NASA's TRMM satellite was used to create a 3-Dimensional look at Cyclone Jasmine, currently moving through the South Pacific Ocean. http://phys.org/news248030995.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:30:09 EST news248030995 NASA's TRMM satellite noticed that as Tropical Storm Washi approached the Philippines' island of Mindanao heavy rainfall had become more widespread than the previous day. NASA's Terra satellite captured Washi making landfall early today. http://phys.org/news243279880.html Space & Earth Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:44:47 EST news243279880 The first tropical storm of the Southern Indian Ocean season has been renamed from Tropical Storm 01S to Tropical Storm Alenga as it continues to strengthen. NASA's TRMM satellite was able to capture a look at the rainfall rates and cloud heights within Alenga recently. http://phys.org/news242413639.html Space & Earth Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:07:30 EST news242413639 The hurricane season in the eastern Pacific isn't over and Hurricane Kenneth serves as a reminder that the season ends November 30. NASA satellite imagery shows Kenneth more organized than it appeared on Sunday, Nov. 20 and became a late season hurricane earlier today. http://phys.org/news241116134.html Space & Earth Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:10:01 EST news241116134 Tornadoes are expected to accompany severe storms in the springtime in the U.S., but this time of year they also usually happen. When a line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front swept through the U.S. southeast on Nov. 16, TRMM collected rainfall data on the dangerous storms from space. http://phys.org/news240856453.html Space & Earth Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:34:43 EST news240856453 Tropical Depression Nalgae weakened rapidly when it made landfall on Hainan Island, China yesterday and NASA's TRMM satellite observed lighter rainfall rates that coincided with its lower intensity. Today, Nalgae's remnants are moving drifting toward Vietnam. http://phys.org/news237055951.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:52:38 EST news237055951 NASA's TRMM satellite peers through clouds and can decipher the rate rain is falling within a tropical cyclone, and data from the satellite shows that the heaviest rainfall is occurring in the northwestern quadrant of the storm, away from Bermuda. http://phys.org/news235326078.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:21:31 EST news235326078 NASA is analyzing Tropical Storm Don from all angles, inside and out, using three different satellites. Don is expected to make landfall in southeastern Texas tonight or early Saturday. http://phys.org/news231215818.html Space & Earth Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:10:03 EST news231215818 Some of the strongest thunderstorms within Typhoon Ma-on are now affecting the southeastern coast of Japan and appeared on satellite imagery from two NASA satellites. Rough surf, gusty winds and heavy rainfall is affecting eastern coastal Japan today. http://phys.org/news230307518.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:20:21 EST news230307518 As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when NASA's TRMM satellite passed directly over head on May 26, 2011 at 0806 UTC (4:06 a.m. EDT). http://phys.org/news225649550.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 May 2011 17:26:07 EST news225649550