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NASA Satellites See Sandy Expand as Storm Intensifies
October 28, 2012 Hurricane Sandy is a Category 1 hurricane on Oct. 28, according to the National Hurricane Center. Sandy has drawn energy from a cold front to become a huge storm covering a large area of the eastern ... > full story -
NASA's TRMM Satellite Analyzes Hurricane Sandy in 3-D
October 29, 2012 NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite, can measure rainfall rates and cloud heights in tropical cyclones, and was used to create an image to look into Hurricane Sandy on Oct. ... > full story -
Sandy to Erode Many Atlantic Beaches
October 27, 2012 Nearly three quarters of the coast along the Delmarva Peninsula is very likely to experience beach and dune erosion as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, while overwash is expected along nearly half of ... > full story -
USGS Storm-Surge Sensors Deployed Ahead of Tropical Storm Sandy
October 27, 2012 Storm response crews from the U.S. Geological Survey are installing more than 150 storm-tide sensors at key locations along the Atlantic Coast -- from the Chesapeake Bay to Massachusetts -- in ... > full story -
NASA Satellites See Sandy Become a Hurricane Again and Strong Winds Expand
October 27, 2012 Sandy weakened to a Tropical Storm and strengthened back into a hurricane early on Saturday (Oct. 27), and its pressure was dropping, meaning that the storm is intensifying as it becomes an ... > full story -
Hurricane Sandy Looks as 'Frankenstorm' Approaching U.S. East Coast
October 26, 2012 NASA's TRMM satellite revealed Hurricane Sandy's heavy rainfall and the storm is expected to couple with a powerful cold front and Arctic air to bring that heavy rainfall to the Mid-Atlantic and ... > full story -
NASA Sees Power in Hurricane Sandy Moving Toward Bahamas
October 25, 2012 NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Hurricane Sandy as it was moving over eastern Cuba early on Oct. 25. The AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of Sandy that showed a large area of very high, ... > full story -
Could a Hurricane Ever Strike Southern California?
October 18, 2012 There's an old adage (with several variations) that California has four seasons: earthquake, fire, flood and drought. While Californians happily cede the title of Hurricane Capital of America to U.S. ... > full story -
Tropical Cyclones Are Occurring More Frequently Than Before, Study Shows
October 15, 2012 Are there more tropical cyclones now than in the past -- or is it just something we believe because we now hear more about them through media coverage and are better able detect them with satellites? ... > full story -
NASA's HS3 Mission Thoroughly Investigates Long-Lived Hurricane Nadine
October 8, 2012 NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel or HS3 scientists had a fascinating tropical cyclone to study in long-lived Hurricane Nadine. NASA's Global Hawk aircraft has investigated Nadine five times ... > full story
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