News tagged with radar images

NASA's TRMM satellite sees some heavy rainfall in Typhoon Sanvu

Tropical Storm Sanvu strengthened overnight as forecast and is now a Typhoon in the western North Pacific Ocean. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observed that most of the rainfall ...

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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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created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TRMM satellite sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Bud

Tropical Storm Bud is dropping heavy rainfall, and appears to be intensifying. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has been monitoring rainfall within the storm, and has watched it ...

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Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Archived data from the Envisat satellite show that the volcanic island of Santorini has recently displayed signs of unrest. Even after the end of its mission, Envisat information continues to ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA captures new images of large asteroid passing Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth.

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What's that sparkle in Cassini's eye?

The moon Enceladus, one of the jewels of the Saturn system, sparkles peculiarly bright in new images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images of the moon, the first ever taken of Enceladus with Cassini's ...

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Features on asteroid revealed by radar

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in the California desert on Dec. 11 and 12, 2010, revealed defining characteristics of recently discovered asteroid 2010 JL33. The images ...

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created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rocket with secret payload launches from Calif.

(AP) -- A rocket carrying a top-secret payload blasted off Tuesday from the California coast.

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created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Radar reveals extent of buried ancient Egypt city

An Austrian archaeological team has used radar imaging to determine the extent of the ruins of the one time 3,500-year-old capital of Egypt's foreign occupiers, said the antiquities department Sunday.

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created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Spaceborne precipitation radar ships from Japan to U.S.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese scientists and engineers have completed construction on a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical characteristics of both raindrops ...

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laser radar illuminates the way to deep space

This car was not snapped with a camera but scanned by a 3D imaging lidar, the laser equivalent of radar. ESA is developing the sensor as a navigation aid for exploring deep space.

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created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has released the first-ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth's surface caused by a major earthquake -- the magnitude 7.2 temblor that rocked Mexico's state of Baja California ...

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created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

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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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Triple Asteroid System Triples Observers' Interest

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12 and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple system. Asteroid 1994 CC encountered Earth within 2.52 million ...

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