Tag: Atmospheric Science

July 28, 2020

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Former Hurricane Douglas has encountered strong wind shear after passing the Hawaiian Islands and has now weakened ...

NASA tracks Hanna’s soaking path into Mexico

Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson NASA's Aqua satellite provided infrared data on Tropical Depression Hanna while imagery from NASA-NOAA's Suomi ...

NASA sees hurricane Douglas brush Hawaii

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Imagery from NASA's Terra satellite was used to ...

Model links patterns in sediment to rain, uplift and sea level change

Credit: Jinyu Zhang/ The University of Texas at Austin. Forces that shape the Earth's surface are recorded in a number ...

Make your own greenhouse gas logger

Facilitating the use of low-cost methane (CH4) sensors in flux chambers - calibration, data processing, and an open-source make-it-yourself loggerCredit: ...

New interdisciplinary atmospheric physics and computer science project at Mainz University

Carl Zeiss Foundation supports the project with EUR 1.5 million in funding / Researchers expect that machine learning and methods ...

NASA’s tracking Hawaii-bound Major Hurricane Douglas

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Hurricane Douglas is a major hurricane tracking through the Central Pacific Ocean on a forecast track to ...

NASA animation tracks Tropical Storm Hanna’s progression

Credit: Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite obtained visible imagery as Tropical ...

New City, University of London report calls for socially responsible STEM professionals

Several calls to action are offered including the need for social responsibility to be embedded in STEM curriculaCredit: John Stevenson ...

NASA Water vapor data reveals Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s soaking capability

Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the North Atlantic Ocean, it gathered water vapor data on Tropical ...

NASA examines Tropical Storm Gonzalo’s structural changes

Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Visible and microwave imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite indicated Tropical Storm Gonzalo was slightly less organized ...

NASA finds strength in new Gulf Tropical Depression 8

Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite used infrared light to identify the strongest storms and coldest cloud top temperatures in Tropical ...

NASA sees compact Douglas strengthening to a major hurricane

Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Although a compact storm, hurricane Douglas in the Eastern Pacific is mighty, as it has become the ...

Lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics