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More Accurate Tropical Cyclone Prediction Model Developed
November 18, 2011 While the prediction of hurricane tracks have steadily improved over the last few decades, improvements in the predictions of storm intensity and structure have proven much more ... > full story -
Protecting Houston from the Next Big Hurricane
November 14, 2011 To protect Houston and Galveston from future hurricanes, experts recommends building a floodgate across the Houston Ship Channel, adding new levees to protect densely populated areas on east ... > full story -
Storm Chasers of Utah
November 10, 2011 A truck-mounted radar dish often used to chase Midwest tornadoes is getting a workout in Utah this month as meteorologists use it to get an unprecedented look inside snow and rain storms over the ... > full story -
TRMM Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Keila Form in the Arabian Sea
November 2, 2011 NASA's TRMM Satellite captured moderate rainfall and some high, towering clouds in the Arabian Sea's newborn Tropical Storm ... > full story -
NASA Satellite Sees a More Powerful Hurricane Rina, Warnings Up in Mexico
October 25, 2011 Hurricane warnings are in effect in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and visible and infrared satellite imagery from NASA continues to show Hurricane Rina getting stronger. Rina is now a category 2 ... > full story -
NASA Caught Tropical Storm Rina Forming, Strengthening
October 24, 2011 NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM and NASA's Aqua satellite captured radar and temperature data that showed Tropical Storm Rina forming in the western Caribbean Sea ... > full story -
Elderly Long-Term Care Residents Suffer Cognitively During Disasters
October 21, 2011 In a summer with unprecedented weather events, from tornadoes, floods, fires and hurricanes, researchers found that physiological changes associated with aging and the presence of chronic illness ... > full story -
Space Weather Prediction Model Improves Forecasting
October 20, 2011 NOAA is now using a sophisticated forecast model that substantially improves predictions of space weather impacts on Earth. Better forecasts offer additional protection for people and the ... > full story -
Forgetting Is Part of Remembering
October 18, 2011 It's time for forgetting to get some respect, says a psychologist. "We need to rethink how we're talking about forgetting and realize that under some conditions it actually does play an important ... > full story -
Clustered Hurricanes Reduce Impact on Ecosystems, Researchers Find
October 17, 2011 New research has found that hurricane activity is "clustered" rather than random, which has important long-term implications for coastal ecosystems and human population. Tropical cyclones and ... > full story
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