New satellite will bounce light off air to measure winds (Update)
Whichever way the wind blows, a new satellite launched Wednesday will be watching it.
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Solar flares disrupted radio communications during September 2017 Atlantic hurricanes
An unlucky coincidence of space and Earth weather in early September 2017 caused radio blackouts for hours during critical hurricane emergency response efforts, according to a new study in Space Weather, a journal of the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2018
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Why weather forecasters still struggle to get the big storms right
It was March 2017, and a winter storm named Stella promised to deliver up to a foot and a half of snow to New York City and parts of New Jersey. Officials pushed out blizzard warnings, suggesting the city was under imminent ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2018
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Japan forecasting breakthrough could improve weather warnings
A new project harnessing data from a Japanese satellite could improve weather forecasting and allow officials to issue life-saving warnings before natural disasters, researchers say.
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2018
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NRL updates tropical cyclone weather predicting model
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) think their weather prediction model, Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System for Tropical Cyclones (COAMPS-TC), tracked 2017's Gulf of Mexico storms better ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2017
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Improving climate observations offers major return on investment
A well-designed climate observing system could help scientists answer knotty questions about climate while delivering trillions of dollars in benefits by providing decision makers information they need to protect public health ...
Environment
Nov 8, 2017
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Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety
Could the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Costa Rica set off a hurricane in California? The question has been scrutinized by chaos theorists, stock-market analysts and weather forecasters for decades. For most people, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2017
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Active region on sun continues to emit solar flares
The sun emitted two mid-level solar flares on Sept. 7, 2017. The first peaked at 6:15 a.m. EDT. The second, larger flare, peaked at 10:36 a.m. EDT. These are the fourth and fifth sizable flares from the same active region ...
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2017
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High-sensitivity microwave amplifier detects very weak signals
In the coming years, the European Space Agency (ESA) will be launching a series of new weather satellites that will be able to measure important meteorological data, such as precipitation, water vapor or temperature, better ...
Engineering
May 2, 2017
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Evolutionary methodology produces more accurate long-term weather forecasts
Paul Roebber sat on the New Jersey beach, looked out at the ocean and let his mind wander. "I started thinking about sharks hunting for prey," the meteorologist says, "and about predicting dynamic systems in nature."
Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2017
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