Four decades of sea ice from space
One of the most visible signs of climate change in recent years was not even visible at all until a few decades ago.
Earth Sciences
Sep 4, 2014
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News tagged with microwave radiometer
NASA ships sensors for seafaring satellite to France
(Phys.org) —Three NASA-built instruments that are integral components of the next in a series of U.S./European ocean altimetry satellites have arrived in France for integration with their spacecraft in preparation for a ...
Space Exploration
May 24, 2013
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NASA sees Tropical Cyclone 15S form in So. Indian Ocean
The fifteenth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season strengthened into a tropical storm today, Feb. 11, and NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead hours after it reached tropical storm strength.
Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2013
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Aquarius/SAC-D launch rescheduled
(PhysOrg.com) -- The launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D mission is postponed 24 hours until Friday, June 10, from NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The 5-minute launch window opens ...
Space Exploration
Jun 9, 2011
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NASA's TRMM Satellite measures Cyclone Ului's Australian rainfall from space
NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite can estimate rainfall from space. TRMM is used to monitor tropical rainfall around the world, and can also calculate flood potential. ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2010
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NASA satellite sees severe flooding rains from deadly typhoon morakot (w/ Video)
Typhoon Morakot brought enormous amounts of rainfall to Taiwan and China and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) estimated it from space.
Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2009
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Arctic Weather Satellite shipped to Germany for series of tests
Embracing the New Space approach, it has taken just 36 months to develop and build ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite. Now complete, this remarkable microsatellite has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to Germany where it is starting ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 21, 2023
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Plans underway for new polar ice and snow topography mission
Monitoring the cryosphere is essential to fully assess, predict and adapt to climate variability and change. Given the importance of this fragile component of the Earth system, today ESA, along with Airbus Defence and Space ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2020
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Small, nimble CSU satellite has surpassed a year in space
After meeting all its benchmarks for demonstrating small-satellite weather forecasting capabilities during its first 90 days, a Colorado State University experimental satellite is operating after more than one year in low-Earth ...
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2019
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NASA's HS3 mission aircraft to double team 2013 hurricane season
During this year's hurricane season NASA will "double-team" on research with two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft winging their way over storms that develop during the peak of the season. NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, ...
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2013
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