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Long-Term Sea Level Rise in Washington, D.C. Could Have Significant Impact
November 1, 2012 — The U.S. capital is likely to face flooding and infrastructure damage in both the short- and long-term brought about by sea level rise (SLR), current trends and predicted increases suggest. The rise ... > full story -
Air Safety and Wake Vortices
November 1, 2012 — Researchers are working on monitoring vortices created by aircraft during take-off and landing. The objective is both to maintain the level of safety and to improve the capacity of ... > full story -
NASA/NOAA's Suomi NPP Captures Night-Time View of Sandy's Landfall
October 31, 2012 — As Hurricane Sandy made a historic landfall on the New Jersey coast during the night of Oct. 29, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on NASA/NOAA's Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership ... > full story -
Satellite Captures the Life and Death of Hurricane Sandy on Halloween
October 31, 2012 — Hurricane Sandy is giving up the ghost on Halloween over Pennsylvania. As the storm weakened to a remnant low pressure area the NASA GOES Project released an animation of NOAA's GOES-13 satellite ... > full story -
Navy Oceanographers Delve Deeper in Wave Data to Improve Forecasts
October 31, 2012 — The U.S. Navy has one of the most active and vital operational oceanography programs in the world. With a greater understanding of wave mechanics, scientists can improve wave forecasts in oceans ... > full story -
Scientists Testing Early Warning System for West Nile Virus
October 31, 2012 — Using satellite imaging data from 2000 to the present, a scientist is testing an early warning system for West Nile virus risk in South Dakota. He predicted a high risk of West Nile virus for 2012, ... > full story -
NASA Satellites Capture Hurricane Sandy's Massive Size
October 30, 2012 — NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image Sandy's massive circulation. Sandy covers 1.8 million square miles, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley, into Canada and New ... > full story -
Superstorm Sandy: Eight to Ten Million Cumulative Power Outages Predicted
October 30, 2012 — An engineer is predicting power outages for 8 to 10 million people in the aftermath of Superstorm ... > full story -
Economists Weigh in on Sandy's Impending Financial Fury
October 30, 2012 — In addition to the immediate physical impacts Hurricane Sandy promises the Northeast, economists say the storm also will bring intrinsic financial effects that are sure to unfold over the next few ... > full story -
NASA Examines Hurricane Sandy as It Affects the Eastern U.S.
October 29, 2012 — On Monday, Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy was ravaging the Mid-Atlantic with heavy rains and tropical storm force winds as it closed in for landfall. Earlier, NASA's CloudSat satellite passed over ... > full story
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