NASA’s TRMM Satellite Sees Deadly Tornadic Thunderstorms in Southeastern U.S.
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 5, 2011
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 the U.S. southeast on Nov. 16, TRMM collected rainfall data on the dangerous storms from space. NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring [...]
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NASA Spacecraft Sees Wind-Whipped Fires in East Texas
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 13, 2011
As most of Texas continues to experience the worst one-year drought on record, more than 170 wildfires have erupted across the Lone Star State so far this month alone. The Texas Forest Service reports the past week’s blazes have charred more than 135,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 homes. Strong, gusty winds on the [...]
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Cassini Sees Saturn Electric Link With Enceladus
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 22, 2010
NASA is releasing the first images and sounds of an electrical connection between Saturn and one of its moons, Enceladus. The data collected by the agency’s Cassini spacecraft enable scientists to improve their understanding of the complex web of interaction between the planet and its numerous moons. The results of the data analysis are published [...]
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Obama to Watch Shuttle Launch as Florida’s ‘Space Coast’ Sees Jobs Lost
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 8, 2010
President Barack Obama is set to bid a personal farewell to America’s manned space shuttle at Cape Canaveral today, as Florida’s “space coast” prepares to say goodbye to thousands of NASA jobs in a state crucial to Obama’s re-election.Obama is scheduled to watch the Endeavour’s final lift-off, the second-to-last shuttle launch in the program’s 30-year [...]
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TRMM Satellite Sees Massive Thunderstorms in Severe Weather System
Posted by brandoniswrite on September 25, 2010
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite again flew over severe thunderstorms that were spawning tornadoes over the eastern United States on April 28 and detected massive thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall. TRMM, a satellite managed by both NASA and the Japanese Space Agency, captured the rainfall rates occurring in the line of thunderstorms [...]
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NASA Satellite Sees Tornado Tracks in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 31, 2010
Deadly tornadoes raked across Alabama on April 27, 2011, killing as many as 210 people as of April 29. The hardest-hit community was Tuscaloosa. In an image acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on April 28, three tornado tracks are visible through and around the city. The tracks are [...]
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NASA Satellite Sees Tornado Tracks in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Posted by brandoniswrite on July 11, 2010
Deadly tornadoes raked across Alabama on April 27, 2011, killing as many as 210 people as of April 29. The hardest-hit community was Tuscaloosa. In an image acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on April 28, three tornado tracks are visible through and around the city. The tracks [...]
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Tags: Alabama, NASA..., Satellite, Sees, Tornado, Tracks, Tuscaloosa
TRMM Satellite Sees Massive Thunderstorms in Severe Weather System
Posted by brandoniswrite on May 10, 2010
he Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite again flew over severe thunderstorms that were spawning tornadoes over the eastern United States on April 28 and detected massive thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall. TRMM, a satellite managed by both NASA and the Japanese Space Agency, captured the rainfall rates occurring in the line of thunderstorms [...]
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Tags: Massive, Satellite, Sees, Severe, System, Thunderstorms, TRMM, Weather
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