News tagged with trmm satellite

Cyclone Cleo back down to tropical storm status

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Cleo has run into wind shear and it has weakened it from a cyclone to a tropical storm. Cleo's maximum sustained winds are now down to 69 mph, and expected to continue falling. NASA's TRMM satellite noticed ...

TRMM satellite mapped 'Ida the Low's' rainfall from space (w/ Video)

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Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as "TRMM" has the ability to measure rainfall from space, and assessed the heavy rainfall from last week's coastal low pressure area, formerly known ...

NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida (w/ Video)

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Nov 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NASA satellites are amazing examples of technology. The TRMM satellite peers into tropical cyclones and can tell how much rain is falling per hour and where. QuikScat uses microwave technology to measure Ida's ...

Tropical Storm Parma headed to Vietnam

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Oct 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Tropical Storm Parma crossed over the Hainan Island, China over the weekend and is now poised for a final landfall in Vietnam around 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

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

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Oct 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 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 ...

NASA's TRMM sees huge Typhoon Parma bringing more rain to the Philippines

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Oct 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Typhoon Parma is a huge storm and NASA's TRMM satellite sees it is already bringing more unwanted rains and gusty winds to the typhoon-weary and devastated Philippines. Parma, also called "Pepeng" in the Philippines, ...

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

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Oct 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 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 ...

NASA eyes Hilda's Hawaiian hangout -- south of the islands

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Aug 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Tropical Storm Hilda is hanging on to tropical storm force winds, and continues to track south of the Hawaiian Islands. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite noticed some moderate rainfall in ...

NASA's TRMM satellite sees wide-eyed Hurricane Bill strengthening

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Aug 18, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The TRMM satellite noticed a wide-eyed Hurricane Bill's rainfall is intensifying indicating he's getting stronger. Satellite images have also shown Bill's eye is widening.

NASA satellite sees severe flooding rains from deadly typhoon morakot (w/ Video)

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Aug 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Typhoon Morakot brought enormous amounts of rainfall to Taiwan and China and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) estimated it from space.

TRMM satellite captures rainfall from 2 typhoons that soaked Philippines

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May 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Within a week's time, the northern Philippines were hit by two tropical cyclones that left behind more than 42 inches of rainfall to various areas, and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite ...