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Beating the radar: Getting a jump on storm prediction
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers at UW-Madison's Space Science ...
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Do dust particles curb climate change?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A knowledge gap exists in the area of climate research: for decades, scientists have been asking themselves whether, and to what extent man-made aerosols, that is, dust particles suspended ...
Probing Question: Why doesn't it thunderstorm in the winter?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Some parents tell their children that thunderstorms occur when God goes bowling, but an observant youngster might wonder why The Big Guy only bowls in the summertime.
Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type
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Jun 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulating clouds hovering outside were unlike anything she'd seen before.
Satellite view of cloud tops might warn of storms brewing
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Jul 08, 2008 |
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For three years a new way to use data collected by NOAA weather satellites has been giving North Alabama short-term warnings of "pop-up" thunderstorms.
GLAST Set to Launch Wednesday to Study Cosmic Mysteries
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2008 |
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In a final meeting of scientists, engineers, technicians and officials, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" from all teams. GLAST is scheduled to launch on ...
IBM makes Big Blue cloud
Nov 16, 2009 |
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IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.
'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.
Microsoft raises cloud computing concerns
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."
Cloudy day won't rain on laser communications
Nov 10, 2006 |
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Just as clouds block the sun, they interfere with laser communications systems, but Penn State researchers are using a combination of computational methods to find the silver lining and punch through the clouds.
Scientists explain causes of abrupt rain storms
Aug 15, 2006 |
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No two rain storms are alike. Dark clouds may form slowly throughout the day before a drop of rain falls, and sunny days can suddenly transform into thunderstorms. Different societies throughout history have ...
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