News tagged with high clouds

ENASA satellite finds Earth's clouds are getting lower

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth's clouds got a little lower -- about one percent on average -- during the first decade of this century, finds a new NASA-funded university study based on NASA satellite data. The results ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 93 | with audio podcast

Mosses use 'mushroom clouds' to spread spores (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have solved the mystery of how peat mosses manage to get their spores high enough to catch the wind, discovering that they produce vortex rings of air, like miniature ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Funso develop, threaten Mozambique

Residents of Mozambique are still recovering from the flooding caused by Tropical Depression Dando earlier this week and now newly formed Tropical Cyclone Funso threatens to bring more rainfall to the country. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA sees a weakening Cyclone Funso's 'closed eye'

Powerful Cyclone Funso's eye has been clear in NASA satellite imagery over the last several days until NASA's Aqua satellite noticed it had "closed" and become filled with high clouds on January 27.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low-cost instrument developed by students could aid weather research

On a recent blustery afternoon, scientists gathered on a rooftop at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to observe two atmospheric electric field-mill devices monitor the buildup of electrical charge ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

CloudSat captures a sideways look at fading Lana

NASA satellites do some really cool things, like take a sideways look at a slice of a tropical depression. That's what CloudSat did with Lana in the Central Pacific.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight

(AP) -- NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Skydiving on Saturn

Daredevils regularly bail out at high altitude to skydive through Earth’s atmosphere but what would it be like to skydive on Saturn?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 16

Data Travels Six Times Faster in the Clouds

(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) at the University of Chicago at Illinois established a cloud computing system that can quickly compile data from widely geographically distributed ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Image: Saturn's Northern storm

(PhysOrg.com) -- This false-color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the tail of Saturn's huge northern storm. In mid-September 2004, the Cassini spacecraft chronicled a similar, but smaller, storm ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hurricane Kenneth becomes late-season record-breaking major hurricane

NASA satellites have been watching hurricane Kenneth in the eastern Pacific, and today, Nov, 22, Kenneth became a late-season major hurricane. In fact, Kenneth sets a record for the latest season major hurricane ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mysterious noctilucent clouds as seen from space

Mysterious "night shining" or noctilucent clouds are beautiful to behold, and are usually seen during the summertime, appearing at sunset. They are thin, wavy ice clouds that form at very high altitudes and ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Typhoon Ma-on's eye seen in NASA satellite Images

The eye of a tropical cyclone is an indication of a strong storm, and Typhoon Ma-on's eye was apparent in visible and infrared imagery captured by NASA's Aqua satellite. Ma-on just achieved Category Four status ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mission into ice clouds: Q&A with MACPEX pilot Bill Rieke

The Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment (MACPEX) is a NASA field campaign that is investigating cirrus cloud properties and the processes that affect their impact on solar radiation. The campaign ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

NASA's AIM Satellite and Models are Unlocking the Secrets of Mysterious 'Night-Shining' Clouds (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite has captured five complete polar seasons of noctilucent (NLC) or "night-shining" clouds with an unprecedented horizontal resolution ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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