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Researchers find pathway to give advanced notice for hailstorms
Feb 01, 2018 (SPX)
Hail is easily the most economically destructive hazard posed by severe thunderstorms, producing on average billions of dollars in U.S. losses each year, includ...
UK regional weather forecasts could be improved using jet stream data
Feb 01, 2018 (SPX)
The jet stream is a giant current of air that flows eastwards over mid-latitude regions around the globe, and influences weather in the UK. It is partly control...
Cluster measures turbulence in Earth's magnetic environment
Feb 01, 2018 (ESA)
The planets in the Solar System, including our Earth, are bathed in the solar wind, a supersonic flow of highly energetic, charged particles relentlessly releas...
Smog-forming soils
Feb 01, 2018 (SPX)
In the study, published January 31 in the journal Science Advances, the authors compared computer models with estimates collected from scientific flights over t...
NASA's small spacecraft produces first 883-gigahertz global ice-cloud map
Jan 31, 2018 (SPX)
IceCube - the diminutive spacecraft that deployed from the International Space Station in May 2017- has demonstrated-in-space a commercial 883-Gigahertz radiome...
NASA's GOLD powers on for the first time
Jan 30, 2018 (SPX)
The systems engineers successfully established communication with the GOLD instrument and its detector doors opened when commanded. After their tests, the engin...
China launches remote sensing satellites
Jan 29, 2018 (XNA)
A micro-nano 1A satellite was also sent into space along with the Yaogan-30 satellites. The satellites have successfully entered their preset orbit. They will c...
Tiny particles have outsized impact on storm clouds and precipitation
Jan 29, 2018 (SPX)
While scientists have known that aerosols may play an important role in shaping weather and climate, the new study shows that the smallest of particles have an ...
NASA GOLD Mission to image Earth's interface to space
Jan 26, 2018 (SPX)
Space is not completely empty: It's teeming with fast-moving charged particles and electric and magnetic fields that guide their motion. At the boundary between...
Nutrients and warming massively increase methane emissions from lakes
Jan 24, 2018 (SPX)
Submerged plants are key predictors of methane ebullition. The combination of warming with the loss of plants appears to transform shallow lakes into methane bu...
UW researcher leads study of first quantifiable observation of cloud seeding
Jan 24, 2018 (SPX)
The research, dubbed SNOWIE (Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds - the Idaho Experiment), took place Jan. 7-March 17, 2017, within and near the Paye...
First ICEYE-X1 Radar Image from Space Published
Jan 19, 2018 (SPX)
A synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) instrument sends its own radio waves to the ground, creating an image from the energy that scatters back to the instrument. Giv...
Satellites paint a detailed picture of maritime activity
Jan 19, 2018 (ESA)
Large cargo vessels and passenger ships are required to carry Automatic Identification System equipment. It transmits the course and speed as well as identifica...
'First Light' images from CERES FM6 Earth-observing instrument
Jan 18, 2018 (SPX)
The instrument was one of five that launched Nov. 18, 2017, on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS-...
Himawari-8 data simulation allows 10-min updates of rain and flood predictions
Jan 18, 2018 (SPX)
Weather prediction models attempt to predict future weather by running simulations based on current conditions taken from various sources of data. However, the ...
Japan forecasting breakthrough could improve weather warnings
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
The project is the first time that "infrared radiation luminance data" has been used to model weather patterns in areas under heavy cloud cover that would usual...
Unexpected environmental source of methane discovered
Jan 16, 2018 (SPX)
Recent research reveals that this enzyme allows these microorganisms to convert nitrogen gas to ammonia and carbon dioxide into methane at the same time. The am...
Earth-i launches prototype of world's first full-colour, full-motion video satellite constellation
Jan 16, 2018 (SPX)
The new commercial constellation - which the company announced is called Vivid-i - will be the first of its kind to provide full-colour video; and the first Eur...
Frequent growth events and fast growth rates of fine aerosol particles in Beijing
Jan 15, 2018 (SPX)
Secondary aerosol formation and rapid increases in aerosol particle sizes are believed to play important roles in haze formation. However, some simple but impor...
Jet stream changes since 1960s linked to more extreme weather
Jan 15, 2018 (SPX)
The research is the first reconstruction of historical changes in the North Atlantic jet stream prior to the 20th century. By studying tree rings from trees in ...
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