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Rapid-Scanning Doppler On Wheels Keeps Pace With Twisters
June 3, 2005 A new Doppler radar instrument that can scan tornadoes every five to 10 seconds is prowling the Great Plains this spring in search of its first close-up twister. Newly enhanced for season-long ... > full story -
Hurricane Winds Most Likely To Hit N.C., Florida Cities
June 2, 2005 Hurricane-force winds are most likely to strike this year in Cape Hatteras, N.C., and Miami Beach and Naples, Fla., according to an analysis of coastal cities by a University of Central Florida ... > full story -
Tropical Storm Adrian Unusual In Timing And Path
May 24, 2005 Only four tropical cyclones have made landfall over Guatemala or El Salvador since 1966: Tropical Storm Adrian is about to become the fifth. No tropical cyclone has crossed Central America this early ... > full story -
Surf's Up: Professor Using Models To Predict Huge Waves
February 22, 2005 If you're a ship captain and there might be 50-foot waves headed your way, you'd appreciate some information about them, right? That's the idea behind a wave model system a Texas A&M ... > full story -
Bayou Blues: Working To Save The U.S. From The Worst Potential Oil, Gas And Fishing Crisis
February 11, 2005 An impending crisis that could have a detrimental impact on the oil and gas infrastructure and fishing industry in the United States is leading scientists to investigate how to stop rapid ... > full story -
Hurricane Intensity Predictions Take Into Account Effect Of Large Eddies On Wind Speed
January 10, 2005 The combined Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/University of Rhode Island coupled hurricane-ocean model has helped to improve intensity predictions during tropical storms. However, scientists ... > full story -
NOAA Reports Record Number Of Tornadoes In 2004
January 4, 2005 The total number of tornadoes reported in the United States reached a record high during the year 2004, surpassing the previous record by almost 300, according to officials at the NOAA Storm ... > full story -
NOAA Reports Wet, Warm Year For The U.S. In 2004
January 4, 2005 With the end of 2004, it will rank among the top 10 wettest years on record for the contiguous United States and is expected to be warmer than average, according to scientists at the NOAA Climatic ... > full story -
Argo Robotic Instrument Network Now Covers Most Of The Globe
December 3, 2004 Scientists have crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world's ... > full story -
Riders On The Storm: Drifting Buoys & Floats Weather Hurricanes For Better Storm Prediction
November 23, 2004 While some are still cleaning up from the series of hurricanes that plowed through the Caribbean and southern United States this season, scientists supported by the Office of Naval Research are ... > full story
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