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NASA/Marshall Lightning Imaging Sensor On Japan's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Satellite To Illuminate Link To Weather And Climate
December 2, 1997 — Folklore has it that rain follows lightning. Scientists think there might be more than a little truth to that saying. Soon, a new spaceborne instrument - the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) - will ... > full story -
Strongest El Niño In History Dampers '97 Hurricane Season; Colorado State's Gray Says Still Most Active Three-Year Period
December 2, 1997 — Despite the strongest summer El Niño event on record, 1997 hurricane activity in the Atlantic Basin was 54 percent of the long-term average but was less than predicted by Colorado State ... > full story -
Plant Growth Surges After Global Temperature Spikes, Scientists Report
October 31, 1997 — El Nino events or volcanic eruptions can boost or depress global temperatures within months, but their strongest impacts on the earth's biosphere may not occur until one to three years later, ... > full story -
Move Over El Nino, A Major New Climate Cycle Has Been Discovered, And It Lasts For Decades
October 13, 1997 — Researchers at the University of Washington are describing in two recent research papers what they call a decades-long climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that seems to explain many of the changing ... > full story -
Independent NASA Satellite Measurements Confirm El Nino Is Back And Strong
September 16, 1997 — Pacific Ocean sea-surface height measurements and atmospheric water vapor information taken from two independent Earth-orbiting satellites are providing more convincing evidence that the ... > full story -
El Nino Returns, Could Upset Nation's Weather
August 11, 1997 — The weather pattern known as El Nino is re-emerging in the Pacific Ocean, and that could bring a change in weather for next winter, and perhaps for the next few years. The near record-setting cold ... > full story -
Launch Of Ocean-Viewing Sensor Set For August 1
July 30, 1997 — The launch of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS), onboard the Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), Dulles, VA, SeaStar spacecraft, is scheduled for Aug. 1, 1997, from Vandenberg Air ... > full story -
Ocean Fisheries Desperately Need New Management Structures
July 28, 1997 — While better scientific analyses may help reduce worldwide overfishing and depletion of many ocean fish species, new management systems must be instituted to shield global marine fisheries from the ... > full story -
Quick Rise In Temperatures Suggests A Blockbuster El Nino For The Late Nineties; NCAR El Nino Colloquium This Month
July 22, 1997 — El Nino is a warming of surface waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean with far- reaching climatic consequences. This Tip Sheet describes an upcoming scientific meeting on El Nino, the relation ... > full story
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