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NASA's TRMM satellite sees Cyclone Jasmine in 3-D

Data from NASA's TRMM satellite was used to create a 3-Dimensional look at Cyclone Jasmine, currently moving through the South Pacific Ocean.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cassini sees the two faces of Titan's Dunes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of radar data from NASA's Cassini mission, in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, has revealed regional variations among sand dunes on Saturn's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New research shows 1992 earthquake in Pakistan was due to rare horizontal shift

(PhysOrg.com) -- The media (and school teachers, of course) has done a very good job of informing most people about how earthquakes work. We can all very easily imagine two great plates rubbing against one ...

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

NASA's TRMM satellite sees the power in Tropical Storm Alenga

The first tropical storm of the Southern Indian Ocean season has been renamed from Tropical Storm 01S to Tropical Storm Alenga as it continues to strengthen. NASA's TRMM satellite was able to capture a look ...

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created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TRMM satellite sees deadly tornadic thunderstorms in Southeastern US

Tornadoes are expected to accompany severe storms in the springtime in the U.S., but this time of year they also usually happen. When a line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front swept through ...

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

TRMM Satellite sees Tropical Storm Keila form in the Arabian Sea

The TRMM satellite passed directly above a recently formed tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea on November 2, 2011 at 0350 UTC (11:50 p.m. EDT, Nov. 1). An analysis of rainfall was done using TRMM's Microwave ...

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created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

From genomic data to new cancer drug

New discoveries about follicular lymphoma, a currently intractable form of cancer, highlight the power of functional genomics in cancer gene discovery. A report in the Oct 28th issue of Cell demonstrates how genetic insigh ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's TRMM Satellite sees Typhoon Roke intensify rapidly before landfall in Japan

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured rainfall and cloud data from Typhoon Roke as it rapidly intensified before making landfall in Japan earlier today.

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created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TRMM satellite sees moderate rainfall Tropical Storm Sonca

When the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over Tropical Storm Sonca on Friday, Sept. 16 it found moderate rainfall mostly on the southern side of the storm. Chichi Jima can expect ...

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sees power within hurricane Maria as it heads for a landfall in Newfoundland

Hurricane Maria joins twelve other hurricanes on record to make landfall in Newfoundland, Canada, and NASA satellite imagery revealed its inner strength.

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's TRMM satellite reveals heaviest rainfall in Maria's northwestern quadrant

NASA's TRMM satellite peers through clouds and can decipher the rate rain is falling within a tropical cyclone, and data from the satellite shows that the heaviest rainfall is occurring in the northwestern ...

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's infrared image of major Hurricane Adrian reveals its stormy life's blood

Strong thunderstorms are the life's blood of tropical cyclones, and infrared and radar satellite data from NASA today confirms that the eastern Pacific Ocean's first hurricane has plenty of them and they're ...

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created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite images: Hook echoes, debris and damage

This image shows the radar reflectivity from the National Weather Service Doppler Radar in Birmingham, Ala. at 5:10 p.m. CDT on April 27, 2011, as a supercell thunderstorm moved across the city. The radar ...

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created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA sees Tropical Storm 04W's thunderstorms grow quickly

Tropical Storm 04W formed from the low pressure System 98W this morning in the northwestern Pacific. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite watched the towering thunderstorms in the center ...

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created May 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Satellite spies Christchurch quake

New radar imagery from the Alos satellite is helping researchers to map the devastating earthquake which hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on 22 February.

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0