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2 NASA satellites see a newborn tropical storm near Madagascar
Forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center were keeping a close eye on a low pressure area known as System 94S yesterday, and satellite data helped confirm that today it has strengthened into Tropical Storm Bingiza.
The Moderate Resolution…
Tropical Atlantic sees weaker trade winds and more rainfall
Earth’s global temperature has been rising gradually over the last decades, but the warming has not been the same everywhere. Scientists are therefore trying to pin down how the warming has affected regional climates because that is what really …
NASA satellites reveal heavy rains in dangerous Cyclone Yasi on its Australian approach
Several NASA satellites have been monitoring the growth of powerful and massive Cyclone Yasi and providing data on clouds, rainfall and intensity to forecasters as it nears Queensland, Australia. NASA data shows where the heaviest rainfall is oc…
TRMM satellite sees system 98s raining on western Australia
System 98S is currently bringing rains and gusty winds to the northwestern coast of Western Australia, and NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite spotted areas of moderate to heavy rainfall in the system.
NASA’s TRMM satellite…
NASA satellites see Typhoon Megi poised for southeastern China landfall
Typhoon Megi has run into winds that are weakening the storm, but it is forecast to make landfall in southeastern China late at night (EDT) on Oct. 22 (11 a.m. local time Hong Kong, Oct. 23) as a Category One Typhoon. NASA satellites have been m…
October 2010 issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Causal relationship between rainfall and earthquakes detailed
This review article explores natural crustal earthquakes associated with the elements of the hydrologic cycle, which describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the s…
TRMM satellite sees tropical moisture bring heavy rain, flooding to US East Coast
A deep, stationary trough of low pressure parked over the Ohio and Tennessee valleys west of the Appalachians drew a steady stream of tropical moisture, including the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, up the East Coast. The results were heavy…
NASA captures very heavy rain in Typhoon Fanapi and 2 landfalls
Taiwan experienced a landfall and a soaking from Typhoon Fanapi, and NASA and JAXA’s TRMM satellite noted a large area of very heavy rain in the system before it made landfall this weekend. NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites also captured impressi…
NASA eyes Karl, now a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico
NASA’s Aqua and TRMM satellites have been watching Karl’s clouds and rainfall as he moved across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico today, powering up into a hurricane.
Infrared imagery of Karl’s cloud temperatures from NASA…
NASA’s 3-D look into Hurricane Igor’s heavy rainfall
NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has provided a 3-D look at the power “under the hood” (of clouds) in powerful Category 4 Hurricane Igor as it heads toward Bermuda. In the meantime, Igor is creating dangerous surf in t…