News tagged with weather instruments

NASA, NOAA set to launch NOAA-N Prime satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 22, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

NASA is preparing to launch NOAA'S latest polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite, called NOAA-N Prime, providing an essential resource for NOAA's weather forecasts and improving the U.S. search ...

Chasing thundersnow could lead to more accurate forecasts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jan 13, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The job of one University of Missouri researcher could chill to the bone, but his research could make weather predicting more accurate. Patrick Market, associate professor of atmospheric science in the College ...

Research breakthrough will lead to more accurate weather forecasts

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 07, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 3

More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect thanks to a breakthrough by engineers at Queen's University Belfast's Institute of Electronics, Communications ...

Capturing tomorrow's satellite data with today's instruments

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A satellite that won't be launched into orbit until 2015 is already paying dividends for an advanced weather research project.

New research contributes to defense of Earth's technologies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth's technologies -from the constant threat of space weather.

FASTSAT instruments shipped for tests and launch preparation

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Three of the satellite instruments that will fly on an upcoming satellite mission called "FASTSAT" have been created at one NASA center and have arrived at another for more tests to ensure they are flight ...

Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 16, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (30) | 0

The Earth’s jet streams, the high-altitude bands of fast winds that strongly influence the paths of storms and other weather systems, are shifting—possibly in response to global warming. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution ...

New Environmental Satellite Successfully Launched

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Feb 06, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new environmental satellite that will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world soared into space this morning after a picture-perfect launch from Vandenberg ...

First Solar Dynamic Observatory Instrument Arrives at Goddard

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 07, 2007 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

The University of Colorado at Boulder delivered the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), first of three Solar Dynamic Observatory instruments, to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. ...

For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 09, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 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 ...

NASA works to improve short-term weather forecasts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 21, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 0

Sometimes seconds count. If a furious, tornado-spitting thunderstorm was bearing down on your home town, a few moments might make all the difference in the world.

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