News tagged with polar jet stream
Global winds could explain record rains, tornadoes
Two talks at a scientific conference this week will propose a common root for an enormous deluge in western Tennessee in May 2010, and a historic outbreak of tornadoes centered on Alabama in April 2011.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Researchers Determine Winter Moisture Linked to Rapid Glacial Climate Shifts
(PhysOrg.com) -- If past records regarding periods of warming and cooling climate are an accurate indication of weather patterns, then the southwestern United States is likely headed into a period of severe long-term drought ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Scientists identify new coupling mode between stratosphere and ionosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have identified a new mode of coupling between the stratosphere — which can drive variations at the summer mesopause — and the ionosphere, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Future NASA mission to sun 'a life's dream' for some
The chest-high rack of electronics Justin Kasper is assembling in a Massachusetts office park will fit in a shoe box before he's done.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Launch madness at Wallops in March - '5 in 5'
Launch madness will hit the east coast in March as NASA launches five rockets in approximately five minutes to study the high-altitude jet stream from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 05, 2012 |
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O, Pioneers! (Part 1): The motes in God's eye
March 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever constructed - Pioneer 10 - the first true deep space probe. The story of the Voyager spacecraft is well ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2012 |
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The high winds of the upper atmosphere contain less renewable energy than previously assumed
It seems that the energy mix of the future will have to differ from the current suggestions of some visionaries. This is because the jet streams that sweep the upper atmosphere with high winds would yield ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Challenge theoretical models, Crab pulsar beams most energetic gamma rays ever detected from a pulsar
A thousand years ago, a brilliant beacon of light blazed in the sky, shining brightly enough to be seen even in daytime for almost a month. Native American and Chinese observers recorded the eye-catching event. ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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What's to blame for wild weather? 'La Nada'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Record snowfall, killer tornadoes, devastating floods: There’s no doubt about it. Since Dec. 2010, the weather in the USA has been positively wild. But why?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2011 |
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What's down with the Sun? Major drop in solar activity predicted
(PhysOrg.com) -- A missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles say that our Sun is heading for a rest period even as it is acting up for the first time in years, according to scientists ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2011 |
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CALIPSO spies polar stratospheric clouds
NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite was in the right place at the right time in early 2011. On January 4, while flying past the east coast of Greenland, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Researchers get close view of winter storm
(PhysOrg.com) -- Who would have guessed that the perfect place to gather detailed scientific data from a powerful snowstorm would be in Alabama?
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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