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3 NASA satellites capture Typhoon Megi strengthening again
Three NASA satellites are keeping tabs on Typhoon Megi and noticed that it was strengthening in the South China Sea today, but increasing wind shear may again weaken the system over the next couple of days.
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Oct 20, 2010 |
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NASA sees Otto become eighth hurricane of the Atlantic season
At 11 a.m. EDT on Oct. 8, Otto strengthened into a hurricane, becoming the eighth hurricane of the Atlantic Ocean season. NASA's Aqua satellite and the NOAA GOES-13 satellite captured images of Otto as he ...
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Oct 08, 2010 |
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NASA launches Himalayan monitoring system in Nepal
A new system that will allow scientists to monitor the impact of climate change in the Himalayas using images from NASA satellites was launched in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Tuesday.
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Oct 05, 2010 |
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Huge post-tropical Hurricane Igor drenched Newfoundland, Canada
Hurricane Igor may have transitioned into a post-tropical hurricane late yesterday, but when he approached Newfoundland, Canada and merged with an area of low pressure it resulted in heavy rainfall throughout ...
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Sep 22, 2010 |
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Virtual island could revolutionize tourist trade sector
Three-dimensional versions of Mediterranean islands will be updated virtually automatically with current information from a range of public and private databases. The European research project may launch a ...
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Sep 22, 2010 |
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NASA's MODIS and AIRS instruments watch Igor changing shape, warming over 3 days
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS, is an instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites and provides incredible views of tropical cyclones like Hurricane Igor, from its ...
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Sep 20, 2010 |
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NASA captures very heavy rain in Typhoon Fanapi and 2 landfalls
Taiwan experienced a landfall and a soaking from Typhoon Fanapi, and NASA and JAXA's TRMM satellite noted a large area of very heavy rain in the system before it made landfall this weekend. NASA's Aqua and ...
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Sep 20, 2010 |
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NASA sees record-breaking Julia being affected by Igor
Julia is waning in the eastern Atlantic Ocean because of outflow from massive Hurricane Igor, despite his distance far to the west. Satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed that Julia's eye was ...
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Sep 17, 2010 |
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Seasonal pollution changes over India tracked by NASA
Data from the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft have been used in a groundbreaking new university study that examines the concentration, distribution and composition ...
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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Colorado's 'Reservoir Road Fire' can be seen from space
NASA's Aqua satellite flies around the Earth twice a day and captures visible and infrared imagery. On Sept. 12 at 19:20 UTC (3:20 p.m. EDT), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument ...
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Sep 14, 2010 |
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Satellite data reveal seasonal pollution changes over India
Armed with a decade's worth of satellite data, University of Illinois atmospheric scientists have documented some surprising trends in aerosol pollution concentration, distribution and composition over the ...
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Sep 08, 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 ...
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Sep 03, 2010 |
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NASA infrared data sees convection building in Fiona's clouds
Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed some strong convection building in Tropical Storm Fiona, and her maximum sustained winds increased from 40 mph yesterday to 60 mph this morning
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Sep 01, 2010 |
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NASA and NOAA's newest GOES satellite ready for action
NASA and NOAA's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-15, has successfully completed five months of on-orbit testing and has been accepted into service. The satellite has demonstrated ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Infrared NASA image shows strong convection in new Atlantic Depression 9
The Atlantic Ocean is in overdrive this week, and NASA satellite imagery captured the birth of the ninth tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean today, trailing to the east of Tropical Storm Fiona.
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Sep 01, 2010 |
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