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NASA Adds Up Hurricane Sandy's Rainfall from Space
November 1, 2012 — NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, satellite acts as a rain gauge in space as it orbits the Earth's tropics. As TRMM flew over Hurricane Sandy since its birth on Oct. 21 it was ... > full story -
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Hurricane Sandy: Power Outage Prediction Model Was Accurate
November 1, 2012 — A team of researchers spent days tracking Hurricane Sandy's power outage potential as the storm made its deadly march up eastern seaboard. The researchers fed weather forecasts as well as real-time ... > full story -
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 -
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 -
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Seniors Particularly Vulnerable in Hurricane Sandy's Aftermath
October 31, 2012 — Older adults left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will likely suffer disproportionately in the days ahead, based on data from other recent natural ... > full story -
Smart as a Bird: Flying Rescue Robot Will Autonomously Avoid Obstacles
October 30, 2012 — Researchers have created an autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to maneuvering around ... > 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 -
New Soccer Robot Has Human-Like Agility
October 30, 2012 — Computer scientists have developed a new robot whose source code and design plan is publicly accessible. It is intended to facilitate the entry into research on humanoids, in particular, the TeenSize ... > 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
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