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. Tropical Cyclone Laurence dropped heavy rainfall over Northwest Australia last week, and NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite measured that rainfall from its orbit in space. http://phys.org/news181819788.html Space & Earth Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:32:35 EST news181819788 Laurence is still a tropical cyclone even though the storm has made landfall in northern West Australia and is moving over land. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite noticed some powerful and high thunderstorms in Laurence before he made landfall, and the storm is still maintaining intensity for now, but that will wane as the storm continues to interact with the friction caused by traveling over land. http://phys.org/news180204781.html Space & Earth Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:10:01 EST news180204781 Tropical Cyclone Laurence made landfall in Northwestern Australia this morning (Eastern Time) December 15, 2009. NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Laurence just before the center of the storm made landfall at 0503 UTC (12:03 a.m. ET). The Moderate Resolution Image Spectroradiometer instrument on Aqua captured the image. http://phys.org/news180104180.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:10:02 EST news180104180 Tropical Depression 05B is dissipating on the east coast of Sri Lanka today and over the next couple of days, but not before bringing some moderate and heavy rain over the next couple of days to some areas in Sri Lanka and the southeast coast of India, from Chennai, southward. http://phys.org/news180040055.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:10:01 EST news180040055 Tropical Storm Laurence tracked through Darwin Australia this weekend before sliding back into the Timor Sea and now Laurence is forecast to make a second landfall in Australia. Laurence is forecast to make landfall north of Wyndham then parallel the coastline while moving over land for the next couple of days. http://phys.org/news180039538.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:00:03 EST news180039538 Tropical Cyclone 05B has formed out of "System 96B" in the Northern Indian Ocean and is forecast to approach southeastern India by Sunday, December 13 and make landfall on Monday. http://phys.org/news179776577.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:56:57 EST news179776577 NASA Satellites noticed that Tropical Cyclone Cleo had reached its maximum strength, and was now moving into areas that will weaken it. Cleo's maximum sustained winds were near 115 mph (100 knots), with gusts to (138 mph) 120 knots today, December 9, 2009. http://phys.org/news179593607.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:13 EST news179593607 The Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua satellite has amazing resolution from space, and captured Cleo's cloudless eye early this morning. Cleo has intensified from a Tropical Storm into a Cyclone. http://phys.org/news179503648.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:08:21 EST news179503648 The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite captured the birth of Tropical Storm Cleo in the southern Indian Ocean today, December 7. http://phys.org/news179498597.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:45:06 EST news179498597 The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation alert" for System 97W. System 97W is following in Nida's footsteps and is headed for dissipation. Nida has now officially dissipated. http://phys.org/news179160177.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:43:46 EST news179160177 NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites flew over Tropical Depression Nida and System 97W in the Western Pacific Ocean and noticed that one is fading while the other is powering up. http://phys.org/news179072054.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:30:01 EST news179072054 NASA satellites capture amazing views of tropical cyclones, and the Aqua and CloudSat satellites captured a top-down look at temperatures in Typhoon Nida's clouds, and an image of what they look like from the side. http://phys.org/news178819360.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:04:07 EST news178819360 NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Cyclone Bongani today and provided some important data that have helped forecasters figure out where the storm is headed, and helped them see that it has changed course. http://phys.org/news178381962.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:02 EST news178381962 Anja has continued to weaken over the last 24 hours, and NASA's QuikScat satellite has confirmed that the once mighty Category 4 Cyclone is now a tropical storm in the southern Indian Ocean. Two instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite have also helped forecasters determine Anja's location and change of shape. http://phys.org/news177765379.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:17:36 EST news177765379 This morning, Cyclone Anja was a powerful Category 4 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Wind shear has now giving Anja a strong "punch in the gut" as the storm has weakened to a Category 1 cyclone. http://phys.org/news177693888.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:40:02 EST news177693888 NASA's Terra satellite captured a stunning image of Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season. When Anja formed on Saturday, November 14, in the Southern Indian Ocean, about 330 miles south-southwest of Diego Garcia it was designated Tropical Cyclone 01S ("S" for south). By Sunday, November 15, 01S had strengthened into a tropical storm and was named Anja. http://phys.org/news177606562.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:02 EST news177606562 Cyclone Phyan broke a 43 year record when it made landfall north of the city of Mumbai, India during the evening hours on November 11. NASA's Aqua satellite captured Phyan's landfall with one instrument, and a day later, another of Aqua's instruments show the storm's remnants raining Tibet as Phyan continues to dissipate. http://phys.org/news177359486.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:32:30 EST news177359486 Tropical Cyclone 4A formed yesterday, November 10 off the western coast of India in the Arabian Sea, and NASA's infrared imagery captured some high, powerful thunderstorms developing in the storm's center. http://phys.org/news177086576.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:00:02 EST news177086576 NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ida, and both have instruments aboard that show her clouds and rains are already widespread inland over the U.S. Gulf coast states. Infrared NASA satellite imagery revealed that Ida lost the "signature shape" of a tropical cyclone, and that the storm's clouds have already spread far to the north (over land) of its center of circulation. http://phys.org/news177017852.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:02 EST news177017852 People love to get the big picture of hurricane alleys, and thanks to the GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., they can now get real-time satellite animations of the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. http://phys.org/news177001037.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:40:03 EST news177001037 When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Philippine Sea during the early morning hours today, November 2 infrared imagery saw another new tropical cyclone coming together. http://phys.org/news176395921.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:01 EST news176395921 Typhoon Mirinae is moving west and away from the Northern Marianas Islands on a track to a landfall in the Philippines by the weekend. As Mirinae has moved west, NASA's infrared and microwave satellite imagery have seen high, strong thunderstorm development, and a developing eye. http://phys.org/news175964360.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:13 EST news175964360 Microwave satellite imagery has revealed that Tropical Storm Mirinae is strengthening enough to develop an eye, and that's what it's doing. Mirinae was formerly Tropical Depression 23W, but became a tropical storm and received its name. http://phys.org/news175875612.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:40:06 EST news175875612 Two ingredients that don't mix well with tropical cyclones are waters cooler than 80 degrees Fahrenheit and wind shear. Those two ingredients were added into Tropical Depression Neki's mix late yesterday, and caused Neki to dissipate. http://phys.org/news175875420.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:01 EST news175875420 Typhoon Lupit is closing in on northern Luzon, the Philippines, and is expected to make a brief landfall (of about 24 hours) there October 22 before heading into the South China Sea. http://phys.org/news175275821.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:50:01 EST news175275821 NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has been flying over Tropical Storm Neki in the Central Pacific Ocean and providing scientists with an idea of how much rainfall Johnston Island can expect from it. http://phys.org/news175275799.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:10:05 EST news175275799 Lupit has joined the ranks of super typhoons in the Western Pacific Ocean, and is currently packing maximum sustained winds near 132 mph, down from a previous peak near 149 mph, but still a Category Four strength typhoon. http://phys.org/news175189245.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:10:01 EST news175189245 NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites flew over Hurricane Rick this weekend, and watched the storm strengthen into a major hurricane. http://phys.org/news175188504.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:29:01 EST news175188504 Three instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite captured views of Typhoon Lupit on its western track toward the Philippines and are helping forecasters get an idea of its strength and behavior. Lupit strengthened quickly in 24 hours from a tropical depression to a typhoon, between October 15 and 16. http://phys.org/news174933836.html Space & Earth Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:44:30 EST news174933836 The nineteenth tropical cyclone of the Eastern Pacific formed over this past weekend, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Patricia. The GOES-11 satellite captured Patricia from her "birth" several hundred miles south of Baja California, to her track there today, Tuesday, October 13. http://phys.org/news174675455.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:58:33 EST news174675455