News tagged with satellite instruments
Handover of Japan-built radar to NASA
On March 30, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officially handed off a new satellite instrument to NASA at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) ...
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Apr 04, 2012 |
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NASA satellite sees tropical cyclone Irina headed for Mozambique
Visible and Infrared satellite imagery together provide a clearer picture of what a tropical cyclone is doing. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over newly strengthened Cyclone Irene and captured both types of ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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Ozone suite on Suomi NPP continues more than 30 years of ozone data
A new satellite instrument suite is now sending back detailed information about the health of the Earth's ozone layer, the shield that protects the world’s population from harmful levels of the sun's ...
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Feb 24, 2012 |
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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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Feb 09, 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 ...
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Dec 22, 2011 |
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NASA sees birth of first Southern Indian Ocean season tropical storm
The Southern Indian Ocean cyclone season is off and running and NASA's Aqua satellite saw the birth of Tropical Cyclone 01S.
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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NRL's MIGHTI selected by NASA for potential space flight
A Naval Research Laboratory instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a future science mission that has been selected by NASA for evaluation for flight.
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Nov 10, 2011 |
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NASA to test new atomic clock
When people think of space technologies, many think of solar panels, propulsion systems and guidance systems. One important piece of technology in spaceflight is an accurate timing device.
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Oct 17, 2011 |
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NASA sees Hurricane Hilary's heaviest rain in northwest quadrant
Hurricane Hilary pulled away from the western Mexico coastline this weekend, and NASA's TRMM satellite has monitored its rainfall. Hilary's heaviest rainfall is in its northwest quadrant, and falling over ...
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Sep 26, 2011 |
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NASA sees power within hurricane Maria as it heads for a landfall in Newfoundland
Hurricane Maria joins twelve other hurricanes on record to make landfall in Newfoundland, Canada, and NASA satellite imagery revealed its inner strength.
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Sep 16, 2011 |
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Satellite image of post-Irene Gulf of Maine shows high levels of river discharge
A satellite image recorded Monday at the University of Maine after the remnants of Hurricane Irene passed over northern New England the day before shows unusually high amounts of river discharge and suspended ...
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Sep 01, 2011 |
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Monitoring ground-level ozone from space
Satellite views of the Midwestern United States show that ozone levels above 50 parts per billion (ppb) along the ground could reduce soybean yields by at least 10 percent, costing more than $1 billion in lost crop production, ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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NASA's NPP satellite completes comprehensive testing
The NASA National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) has successfully completed its most comprehensive end-to-end compatibility test of the actual ...
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Aug 08, 2011 |
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Ocean science satellite blasts off from California
A rocket carrying an Earth-observing satellite launched early Friday on a mission to measure the saltiness of the ocean from space.
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Jun 10, 2011 |
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NASA ocean-watch satellite ready for June launch
The US space agency said Tuesday it is preparing to launch a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate.
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May 17, 2011 |
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