News tagged with satellite radar
Greenland's current loss of ice mass
The Greenland ice sheet continues to lose mass and thus contributes at about 0.7 millimeters per year to the currently observed sea level change of about 3 mm per year. This trend increases each year by a further 0.07 millimeters ...
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May 29, 2012 |
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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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May 23, 2012 |
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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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May 22, 2012 |
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NRL RAIDS experiment advances ionospheric remote sensing
Naval Research Laboratory scientists have obtained a first-ever measured altitude profile of a dim extreme-ultraviolet terrestrial airglow emission that provides vital information needed to test and improve ...
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May 18, 2012 |
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Investigation on Envisat continues
(Phys.org) -- Optical, radar and laser observations of the Envisat satellite show that it is still in a stable orbit. Efforts to regain contact with the satellite have been under way since 8 April, when it ...
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Apr 23, 2012 |
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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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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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Apr 04, 2012 |
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TRMM satellite sees tropical storm Lua's rainfall
A tropical storm called Lua formed in the Indian Ocean off Australia's northwestern coast on March 13, 2012. NASA's TRMM satellite passed over Lua and observed moderate rainfall and strong towering thunderstorms ...
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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TRMM satellite sees hot towers in Cyclone Koji
Hot towers, or towering thunderclouds that give off an excessive amount of latent heat, usually indicate a tropical cyclone will strengthen in six hours, and NASA's TRMM satellite saw some of them as it passed ...
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Mar 09, 2012 |
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TRMM satellite sees remnants of Tropical Cyclone 15S's 'difficult childhood'
Tropical Cyclone 15S has had a difficult "childhood." It was born on March 1 and immediately dealt with a harsh environment. The cyclone weakened within 24 hours to a remnant low pressure area, and NASA's ...
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Mar 02, 2012 |
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NASA's TRMM satellite measures heavy rainfall in Madagascar from System 92S
A weak tropical low pressure area known as System 92S, and locally called Irina caused flooding over northern Madagascar less than two weeks after deadly flooding by Tropical Cyclone Giovanna in the south ...
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Feb 28, 2012 |
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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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Feb 09, 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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JPL radar treks to great white north to study snow
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning Jan. 17, NASA will fly an airborne science laboratory, including a unique airborne radar built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., above Canadian snowstorms to ...
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Jan 18, 2012 |
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New research shows 1992 earthquake in Pakistan was due to rare horizontal shift
(PhysOrg.com) -- The media (and school teachers, of course) has done a very good job of informing most people about how earthquakes work. We can all very easily imagine two great plates rubbing against one ...
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Jan 16, 2012 |
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