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NASA Dis-Assembles And Re-Assembles Tropical Storm Gert
April 26, 2006 — To figure out how something mechanical works, people take it apart and look at its components, then try and put it back together. That's what NASA researchers are doing with hurricanes, to try to ... > full story -
NASA Data Combined To Improve Hurricane Landfall Forecasts
April 24, 2006 — Data gathered from last year's NASA hurricane research mission and a NASA satellite have improved tropical storm landfall and storm strength forecasts in computer ... > full story -
Sandia-Designed Supercomputer Ranked World's Most Efficient In Two Of Six Categories
March 31, 2006 — A new series of measurements -- the next step in evolution of criteria to determine more accurately the efficiency of supercomputers -- has rated Sandia National Laboratories' Red Storm computer the ... > full story -
Century Of Data Shows Intensification Of Water Cycle But No Increase In Storms Or Floods
March 17, 2006 — A review of the findings from more than 100 peer-reviewed studies shows that although many aspects of the global water cycle have intensified, including precipitation and evaporation, this trend has ... > full story -
Strong Storms Linked With Rising Sea Surface Temperatures
March 16, 2006 — Anew study strengthens the link between the increase in hurricane intensity and the increase in tropical sea surface temperature. It found that while factors such as wind shear do affect the ... > full story -
NASA Finds Stronger Storms Change Heat And Rainfall Worldwide
March 12, 2006 — Studies have shown that over the last 40 years, a warming climate has been accompanied by fewer rain- and snow-producing storms in mid-latitudes around the world, but the storms that are happening ... > full story -
New Research Forecasts Better Weather Forecasts
February 28, 2006 — A Purdue University researcher and his team have used improved satellite imaging and powerful computer modeling to more accurately forecast the likelihood and intensity of storms and ... > full story -
Astronomers Find Giant Lightning Storm At Saturn
February 15, 2006 — Imagine an electrical storm larger than the continental United States in which the lightning bolts are more than 1,000 times stronger than conventional lightning, and you'll have a good idea of the ... > full story -
NASA Satellite Catches A Hurricane Transforming Itself
January 30, 2006 — Hurricanes can completely re-structure themselves inside, and that presents forecasters with great uncertainty when predicting their effects on the general population. Recently, scientists used ... > full story -
Hurricanes, Runoff Tax Water Quality Management
December 26, 2005 — A scientific study that involved analyzing phytoplankton in both North Carolina's Neuse River Estuary/Pamlico Sound and Maryland and Virginia's Chesapeake Bay offers a new lesson in light of recent ... > full story
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