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Pollution alters isolated thunderstorms

Dec 15, 2009 | 3.2 / 5 (5) | 10

New climate research reveals how wind shear -- the same atmospheric conditions that cause bumpy airplane rides -- affects how pollution contributes to isolated thunderstorm clouds. Under strong wind shear ...

TRMM Satellite sees Cyclone Cleo coming to a close

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Rainfall in the once-known Cyclone Cleo has really diminished over the last 24 hours, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite has confirmed it. Cleo is fading and the Joint Typhoon Warning ...

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 ...

NASA's TRMM satellite sees Tropical Storm Cleo form in southern Indian Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 08, 2009 | 2 / 5 (3) | 1

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite captured the birth of Tropical Storm Cleo in the southern Indian Ocean today, December 7.

System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

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Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation ...

Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern season

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 16, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA's Terra satellite captured a stunning image of Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season. When Anja formed on Saturday, November 14, in the Southern Indian Ocean, about ...

NASA Satellites and Baja California on watch as Hurricane Rick approaches

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Oct 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites flew over Hurricane Rick this weekend, and watched the storm strengthen into a major hurricane.

Hurricane Felicia eyeing Hawaii while weakening on weekend

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA satellite imagery has helped forecasters see that Hurricane Felicia is running into cooler waters and increasing wind shear, two things have taken her strength "down a peg or two." Felicia will continue ...

Research supports suggestions that global warming will do little to change hurricane activity

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 12, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (8) | 0

In a study published in the July 2008 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Drs. David S. Nolan and Eric D. Rappin from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science descri ...