northwestern pacific ocean Archives

NASA AIRS Satellite instrument sees Tropical Depression 14W form

The northwestern Pacific Ocean is just as active as the Atlantic Ocean this hurricane season. The fourteenth tropical depression formed near Hainan Island, China this morning and its birth was captured by a NASA infrared satellite instrument. …

NASA’s Terra Satellite captures 3 tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean

NASA’s Terra satellite flew over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean at 10:30 p.m. EDT Aug. 30 and captured Tropical Storm Lionrock, Tropical Storm Namtheun, and Typhoon Kompasu in one incredible image. Two of these tropical cyclones are expected t…