News tagged with radar
Studying more than rockets in the 'deep south'
A city that rarely sees snowfall, Huntsville, Ala., was blanketed the evening of Jan. 9 under several inches of snow following a winter storm that also produced a rare "thundersnow" or lightning flashes. This ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Rogue storm system caused Pakistan floods that left millions homeless
Last summer's disastrous Pakistan floods that killed more than 2,000 people and left more than 20 million injured or homeless were caused by a rogue weather system that wandered hundreds of miles farther west ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2011 |
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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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Inside a snowstorm: Scientists obtain close-up look at Old Man Winter
In this winter of heavy snows--with more on the way this week--nature's bull's-eye might be Oswego, N.Y., and the nearby Tug Hill Plateau.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Mexico quake studies uncover surprises for California
New technologies developed by NASA and other agencies are revealing surprising insights into a major earthquake that rocked parts of the American Southwest and Mexico in April, including increased potential ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2010 |
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A day in the life of Doppler-on-wheels
'Tis the season ... for snow. Thundersnow.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2010 |
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'Perfumery radar' brings order to odors
Scientists are announcing development and successful testing of the first "perfumery radar (PR)." It's not a new electronic gadget for homing in on the source of that Eau de Givenchy or Jungle Tiger in a crowded room. Rather, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 02, 2010 |
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GPS not working? A shoe radar may help you find your way
(PhysOrg.com) -- The prevalence of global positioning system (GPS) devices in everything from cars to cell phones has almost made getting lost a thing of the past. But what do you do when your GPS isn’t working? Researchers ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Falkland islands radar study impacts climate research
Physicists and engineers at the University of Leicester and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have installed a radar system on the Falkland Islands to monitor the upper atmosphere activity which creates the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Measuring sea-level rise in the Falklands
Sea levels around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic have risen since the mid nineteenth century and the rate of sea-level rise has accelerated over recent decades, according to newly published research. The findings ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2010 |
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Google tests cars that can steer without drivers
Google Inc. is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver, the company says.
Oct 10, 2010 |
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Doppler radars help increase monsoon rainfall prediction accuracy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doppler weather radar will significantly improve forecasting models used to track monsoon systems influencing the monsoon in and around India, according to a research collaboration including Purdue University, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Fake chips threaten military
A growing deluge of millions of counterfeit chips is posing peril to the military and the general public -- and perhaps nothing illustrates it better than a scheme federal prosecutors recently revealed that stretched from ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Beam trap full of holes: Researchers develop new surfaces for radar absorption
Swiss researchers from ETH Zurich's Institute for Field Theory and High Frequency Electronics have developed new surfaces for radar absorption. Thanks to this multifaceted application, window panes could even ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Earth from space: Giant iceberg enters Nares Strait
ESA's Envisat satellite has been tracking the progression of the giant iceberg that calved from Greenland's Petermann glacier on 4 August 2010. This animation shows that the iceberg, the largest in the northern ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 03, 2010 |
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