Satellite sandwich technique improves analysis of geographical data
A student researcher has developed a new method to combine thermal data from separate satellite systems to create large, detailed maps of regional temperature fluctuation.
View ArticleNASA and JAXA’s GPM mission takes rain measurements global
As anyone who has ever been caught in a sudden and unexpected downpour knows, gaps still exist in our knowledge about the behavior and movement of precipitation, clouds and storms. An upcoming...
View ArticleNew NASA satellite takes the Salton Sea’s temperature
A new NASA image may look like a typical black-and-white image of a dramatic landscape, but it tells a story of temperature. The dark waters of the Salton Sea pop in the middle of the Southern...
View ArticleNASA mission to study what disrupts radio waves
A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission will launch from an atoll in the Pacific in the next few weeks to help scientists better understand and predict the electrical storms in Earth’s upper atmosphere...
View ArticleNASA image: Fires in eastern Russia
Even as the snow begins to retreat in the eastern part of Russia, fires are being set to clear the land for planting. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua...
View ArticleNASA, University of Iowa ground measurement campaign to improve flood...
Ground data now being collected in northeastern Iowa by the Iowa Flood Studies experiment will evaluate how well NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission satellite rainfall data can be...
View ArticleNASA sees Cyclone Zane bearing down on Queensland, Australia
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of Cyclone Zane headed toward the northern Cape York Peninsula of Queensland where it is expected to make landfall by May 2 and cross into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
View ArticleMajor twister hits Oklahoma
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC" /> Its speed, which largely determines the damage it causes, is still unknown
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