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September Peak Month for Atlantic Hurricanes
Why is September the peak month for hurricanes? NASA oceanographer Bill Patzert provides some insights. (Sept. 5)
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Hurricane Gustav September Peak Month for Atlantic Hurricanes
Why is September the peak month for hurricanes? NASA oceanographer Bill Patzert provides some insights.
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Hurricane Hanna East Coast Braces for Hanna's Arrival
Purples denote Tropical Storm Hanna's strongest winds (left image) and highest, coldest cloud tops (right image) in these Sept. 5 views from NASA's QuikScat and Aqua spacecraft, respectively.
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Hurricane Ike Unlikable Ike Looms Large
Hurricane Ike marches west in this Sept. 4 early morning infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft. Ike is a compact but powerful storm with maximum sustained winds of 217 kilometers (135 miles) per hour.
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Tropical Storm Hanna, left, and Josephine Hanna and Her Sister
While Tropical Storm Hanna moves toward the Bahamas, in the eastern Atlantic, her younger sister, Tropical Storm Josephine, begins her westward trek in these Sept. 3 infrared images from NASA's Aqua spacecraft.
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Tropical Storm Hanna Hanna Goes to Haiti
Tropical Storm Hanna follows in Gustav's footsteps, affecting Haiti and the Dominican Republic in this Sept. 2 afternoon infrared image from NASA's Aqua satellite. Hanna is expected to become a hurricane tomorrow and may affect the entire U.S. eastern seaboard by this weekend.
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Infrared image of Hurricane Gustav Gustav Grinds Ashore
This Sept. 1 early morning infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft shows Hurricane Gustav about six hours before the Category Two storm made landfall in Louisiana.
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Hurricane Gustav Gustav Churns Toward Northern Gulf Coast
Major Hurricane Gustav continues its northward churn through the Gulf of Mexico in this early morning Aug. 31 infrared image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft.
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Active Cavity Irradiance
Monitor Satellite
Monitors total sun energy that reaches Earth.
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Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
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Measures air and surface temperature, clouds, humidity.
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Microwave Limb Sounder
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Improves understanding of ozone and precursors.
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Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer on Aura satellite
Observes ozone and gases in the troposphere, the part of atmosphere where we live
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CloudSat
Revealing the inner secrets of clouds.
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Gravity Recovery and
Climate Experiment
Measures Earth's gravitational field.
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Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2
A follow-on to Jason 1, this mission charts sea level, and its data will help improve climate and weather forecasts.
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Jason-1
Measures ocean level changes and El Niño.
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Quick Scatterometer
Measures ocean surface winds.
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal
Emission and Reflection Radiometer
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Takes high-resolution images, global and local.
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Multi-angle Imaging
Spectro-Radiometer
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Images Earth and aerosols from nine angles.
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Acquired the most complete near global mapping of Earth's topography.
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