News tagged with force winds
Magnetic Tornadoes Could Liberate Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the closest planet to the sun, Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 450 degrees Celsius). It is also the smallest rocky ...
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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Vertiwind: Floating wind turbine project launched
(PhysOrg.com) -- Technip, a French-based oil and gas engineering company, and Nenuphar, a wind-power startup, announced that they will soon launch Vertiwind, a newly designed wind turbine.
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Flying fish glide as well as birds
How well do flying fish fly? This is the question that puzzled Haecheon Choi from Seoul National University, Korea. Measuring aerodynamic forces on dried darkedged-wing flying fish in a wind tunnel, Choi and ...
Sep 10, 2010 |
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NASA sees Giovanna reach cyclone strength, threaten Madagascar
Tropical Storm 12S built up steam and became a cyclone on February 10, 2012 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Residents of east-central Madagascar should prepare for this cyclone to make landfall ...
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Feb 10, 2012 |
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NASA sees cyclone Jasmine's power and new eye
Cyclone Jasmine continues to wind between New Caledonia and Vanuatu and bring cyclone-force winds, heavy rain and very rough surf. NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead early on February 7 and noticed the ...
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Feb 07, 2012 |
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NASA satellites Hurricane Irene almost one-third the size of US east coast
Hurricane Irene is a major hurricane, and NASA satellite data shows its diameter is now about one-third the length of the U.S. Atlantic coastline. Meanwhile, far in the eastern Atlantic Ocean a tenth tropical ...
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Aug 25, 2011 |
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Tropical Storm Maria's 'West Side Story' to the Caribbean
Tropical Storm Maria is making her own "West Side Story" and is headed in the direction of the Lesser Antilles. Satellite imagery today shows Maria's close proximity to the island chain in the Caribbean.
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Sep 09, 2011 |
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Songda singing of rain and gusty winds for the Philippines
"Rainy days and Mondays" is the song that the residents of the northern Philippines do not want to hear if it involves the approaching Tropical Storm Songda. The Carpenters song was a hit, but a hit from Songda ...
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May 24, 2011 |
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NASA's infrared satellite imagery shows a stronger Typhoon Songda
Songda is now a typhoon in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as it continues tracking parallel to the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippines. Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that the ...
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May 25, 2011 |
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NASA sees Alenga become a cyclone in the Southern Indian Ocean
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Cyclone Alenga and captured a visible image of the rounded and more powerful storm is it makes its way toward Western Australia.
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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GOES-13 satellite movie shows formation of Tropical Storm Don
Tropical Storm Don formed at 5 p.m. EDT last night, July 27, in the southern Gulf of Mexico and appears to be a small storm on GOES-13 satellite imagery. NASA compiled two days of GOES-13 imagery in a 30 second ...
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Jul 28, 2011 |
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Detecting defects with wind and water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bridges, aircraft and wind turbines are in constant movement. Natural forces and pedestrians all create vibrations. Previously, time-consuming tests were needed to determine how building components ...
Apr 04, 2010 |
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GOES-13 satellite sees Hurricane Earl's clouds covering the US Northeast
Hurricane Earl lashed the North Carolina coast last night and this morning, September 3, and is now headed for Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This morning's image from the GOES-13 satellite saw Hurricane Earl's ...
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tomas' power fluctuate
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite traveled over Tomas twice on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The second time was at 2005 UTC (4:05 p.m. EDT) when it was still classified as a tropical storm. During ...
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Nov 03, 2010 |
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NASA captures a visible image of Cleo's new eye
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 ...
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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