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New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida

New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images. Visualizers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...


NASA satellite data animation shows cyclone Bijli's rainfall from birth to death

Cyclone Bijli's rainfall -- from birth to death (w/Video)

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Before satellites, meteorologists had no way to estimate or measure how much rain tropical cyclones generated where there were no buoys with rain gauges. The satellite managed by NASA and the Japanese Space ...


New technology needed to monitor rain forest 'tsunami'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Human impact on tropical forest ecosystems has reached a "tsunami" stage, say scientists, and will require a new generation of sophisticated remote-sensing technology to monitor the changes. Speaking at a January 12, 2009 ...


For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference

For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference

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created Jun 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

When Tropical Storm Gaston hit Richmond, Va., in August 2004, its notable abundance of small and mid-sized raindrops created torrential rains that led to unexpected flash flooding throughout the city and its ...


Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversity

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, according to a new in-depth study by an international team of scientists, including ...


Australia's climate: Drought and flooding in annual rings of tropical trees

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Annual rings are acclaimed in representing natural climate archives. For the temperate latitudes it is known that the growth of these annual rings depend mainly on temperature and precipitation. In the tropics, however, ...


NASA's TRMM satellite sees heavy rainfall in Choi-Wan

NASA's TRMM satellite sees heavy rainfall in Choi-Wan

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over the center of Super Typhoon Choi-Wan at 2:34 EDT on September 17, 2009 and captured heavy rainfall around ...


NASA 3-D map shows flooding rains of Typhoon Ketsana in Philippines

NASA 3-D map shows flooding rains of Typhoon Ketsana in Philippines

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite, orbits the Earth and measures the amount of rainfall created by a tropical cyclone. When Typhoon Ketsana (known in the Phillippines as "Ondoy") made ...


Biofuels could hasten climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

A new study finds that it will take more than 75 years for the carbon emissions saved through the use of biofuels to compensate for the carbon lost when biofuel plantations are established on forestlands. If the original ...


NASA's TRMM sees some heavy rains in Neki as it heads toward Johnston Island

TRMM sees some heavy rains in Neki as it heads toward Johnston Island

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has been flying over Tropical Storm Neki in the Central Pacific Ocean and providing scientists with an idea of how much rainfall Johnston Island ...


A NASA 2-for-1: Carlos and Dolores in 1 satellite image

A NASA 2-for-1: Carlos and Dolores in 1 satellite image

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created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's not too often that two tropical cyclones are close enough to each other to be within a satellite's view as it tracks far above the Earth, but it happened this week with Carlos and Dolores in the Eastern ...


Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversity, study finds

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created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds.


NASA's TRMM satellite captures Typhoon Melor as it reaches Japan

NASA's TRMM satellite captures Typhoon Melor as it reaches Japan

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Melor began as a tropical depression back on the 29th of September 2009 about 1000 miles (~1600 km) east-southeast of Guam in the Northern Mariana Islands. Over the next couple of days, the system steadily ...


Tropical Storm Patricia approaches Mexico

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Officials closed schools and readied emergency shelters as Tropical Storm Patricia neared Mexico's Los Cabos resorts on Tuesday.


Ana's path being mapped by NASA Satellites; she's drenching Puerto Rico

Ana's path being mapped by NASA Satellites; she's drenching Puerto Rico

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created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tropical Depression Ana is currently drenching Puerto Rico, and tropical storm watches are posted for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Ana continues westward. Both the Aqua and GOES satellites have captured ...