News tagged with microwave data
Arctic sea ice continues decline, hits 2nd-lowest level
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center ...
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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Madly Mapping the Universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes special software to map the universe from noisy data. A Berkeley Lab code called MADmap does just that for the cosmic microwave background and has now been adapted by scientists probing ...
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Feb 04, 2010 |
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Unique sky survey brings new objects into focus
An innovative sky survey has begun returning images that will be used to detect unprecedented numbers of powerful cosmic explosions-called supernovae-in distant galaxies, and variable brightness stars in our ...
Jun 15, 2009 |
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Sanvu continue to intensify
Two NASA satellites have provided infrared and rainfall data that has shown Tropical Storm Sanvu continues to intensify as it heads toward Iwo To, Japan. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite ...
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May 23, 2012 |
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Two NASA satellites spy Alberto, the Atlantic Ocean season's first tropical storm
The first tropical storm of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season formed off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 5 p.m. EDT, and NASA satellites were immediately keeping track of it. NASA's ...
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May 21, 2012 |
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NASA sees cyclone Lua strengthening for March 17 landfall
Northern Australia's Pilbara coast is under warnings, alerts and watches as powerful Cyclone Lua nears for a landfall. NASA's Aqua satellite has been providing infrared, visible and microwave data on Lua that ...
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Mar 16, 2012 |
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TRMM satellite sees hot towers in Cyclone Koji
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 ...
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Mar 09, 2012 |
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NASA's TRMM satellite measures heavy rainfall in Madagascar from System 92S
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 ...
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Feb 28, 2012 |
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NASA's TRMM satellite sees Cyclone Jasmine in 3-D
Data from NASA's TRMM satellite was used to create a 3-Dimensional look at Cyclone Jasmine, currently moving through the South Pacific Ocean.
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Feb 09, 2012 |
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NASA sees strong thunderstorms still surround Cyclone Iggy's center
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Iggy on January 31 and the AIRS infrared instrument aboard showed that there is a large area of strong thunderstorms still surrounding Iggy's center of circulation.
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Jan 31, 2012 |
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NORAD and satellite technology help Santa deliver
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau, the world's population is approximately 7 billion (6,979,978,073+) people. Santa Claus has had to adapt over the years to having ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2011 |
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NASA's TRMM satellite sees the power in Tropical Storm Alenga
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 ...
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Dec 06, 2011 |
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TRMM satellite sees deadly tornadic thunderstorms in Southeastern US
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 ...
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Nov 18, 2011 |
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TRMM Satellite sees Tropical Storm Keila form in the Arabian Sea
The TRMM satellite passed directly above a recently formed tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea on November 2, 2011 at 0350 UTC (11:50 p.m. EDT, Nov. 1). An analysis of rainfall was done using TRMM's Microwave ...
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Nov 02, 2011 |
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NASA's TRMM satellite reveals heaviest rainfall in Maria's northwestern quadrant
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 ...
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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