News tagged with temperature data
NASA infrared satellite imagery shows Tropical Storm Mawar strengthening
The infrared instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured temperature data on Tropical Storm Mawar in the western North Pacific Ocean and showed that the cloud top temperatures were growing colder. That's ...
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Jun 01, 2012 |
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Chile's vanishing Patagonian lake
In less than 24 hours Lake Cachet II in Chile's southern Patagonia vanished, leaving behind just some large puddles and chunks of ice in the vast lake bed.
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May 22, 2012 |
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New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer
One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem, and when the problem is corrected the results fall in line with other records ...
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May 07, 2012 |
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With climate and vegetation data, geographers closer to predicting droughts in Africa
What might happen if droughts were predicted months ahead of time? Food aid and other humanitarian efforts could be put together sooner and executed better, say UC Santa Barbara geographers Chris Funk, Greg ...
May 01, 2012 |
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Honeycombs of magnets could lead to new type of computer processing
Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Researchers resolve controversy over gallium manganese arsenide that could boost spintronic performance
A long-standing controversy regarding the semiconductor gallium manganese arsenide, one of the most promising materials for spintronic technology, looks to have been resolved. Researchers with the Lawrence ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: study
Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 339,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires.
Feb 19, 2012 |
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NTT develops current-injection photonic-crystal laser
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has developed an current-injection photonic-crystal laser with ultralow power consumption that can be applied to off-chip and on-chip optical data transmission for ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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NASA sees Tropical Storm 12S - a possible threat to Madagascar
The twelfth tropical depression formed in the Southern Indian Ocean today and quickly became a tropical storm, dubbed Tropical Storm 12S. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the storm and captured infrared data that revealed ...
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Feb 09, 2012 |
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NASA's Aqua satellite sees small new tropical storm near Tonga
Tropical Storm 11P has formed in the South Pacific Ocean, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of its cloud temperatures, revealing power in the cyclone.
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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TRMM Satellite sees Tropical Storm Keila form in the Arabian Sea
The TRMM satellite passed directly above a recently formed tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea on November 2, 2011 at 0350 UTC (11:50 p.m. EDT, Nov. 1). An analysis of rainfall was done using TRMM's Microwave ...
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Nov 02, 2011 |
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Arctic sea ice continues decline, hits 2nd-lowest level
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center ...
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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NASA's infrared eyes examine Tropical Depression Haitang as it nears Vietnam
Very cold temperatures in NASA infrared satellite imagery of tropical cyclones tell meteorologists that cloud tops are high, and the thunderstorms they're associated with have a lot of punch. Some of those ...
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Sep 26, 2011 |
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Infrared satellite data shows Tropical Storm Roke strengthening
Tropical Storm Roke has changed in size and is starting to change in strength. Roke appears to be consolidating in infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite.
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Sep 16, 2011 |
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TRMM satellite sees moderate rainfall Tropical Storm Sonca
When the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over Tropical Storm Sonca on Friday, Sept. 16 it found moderate rainfall mostly on the southern side of the storm. Chichi Jima can expect ...
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Sep 16, 2011 |
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