News tagged with cloud systems

Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere

Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research Letters. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that o ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

A planetary system from the early Universe

A group of European astronomers has discovered an ancient planetary system that is likely to be a survivor from one of the earliest cosmic eras, 13 billion years ago. The system consists of the star HIP 11952 ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

The trustworthy cloud

Not a week goes by without reports on security gaps, data theft or hacker attacks. Both businesses and private users are becoming increasingly uneasy. However, when it comes to technologies like cloud computing, trust and ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA satellites see Tropical Storm Irina getting loopy

Two NASA satellites have been measuring rainfall and cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm as it has been "going loopy" in the Mozambique Channel over the last couple of days. Irina is making a cyclonic ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Head for the clouds, feet firmly on the ground

Computer engineers in the US writing in the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems have reviewed the research literature to get a clear picture of cloud computing, its adoption, use and th ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Probing a link from Sahara dust to climate change

Qilong Min, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate and Professor with the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) at the University at Albany is developing innovative ways to measure how dust in the Sahara Desert ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The proof is in the clouds

For most people, clouds are just an indication of whether it's a "good" or "bad" day. A team of scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that certain clouds hold the key to climate behavior ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sees development of tropical storm 09S in southern Indian Ocean

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the low pressure system called System 97S on Jan. 24 and observed a large area of strong thunderstorms around its center that hinted at further development. On Jan. 25, the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A universal law for star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Star formation is studied by astronomers not only because it produces new stars and planetary systems. It also generates copious amounts of ultraviolet light that heats dust which in turn ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cloud droplets, ready for prime time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some make the cut, some don't. Like auditions for the school play, scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Goethe-University Frankfurt were looking for promising atmospheric ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The world's biggest radar laboratory

In the past year, the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility deployed 18 new scanning radars at its research sites in Oklahoma, Alaska, and the tropical western Pacific. These ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

VLT finds fastest rotating star

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO's Very Large Telescope has picked up the fastest rotating star found so far. This massive bright young star lies in our neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160 000 light-years ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

NASA says comet Elenin gone and should be forgotten

(PhysOrg.com) -- Comet Elenin is no more.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers work to take the errors out of the cloud

Cloud computing, which taps the resources of a network of remote computers, offers tremendous potential for storing and processing vast amounts of data quickly and cheaply. The catch: As cloud computing applications become ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quantum optical link sets new time records

Quantum communication could be an option for the absolutely secure transfer of data. The key component in quantum communication over long distances is the special phenomenon called entanglement between two ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast