Tag: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

As Tropical Depression 28W continued organizing and developing into Tropical Storm Fung-Wong in the Philippine Sea, NASA’s Aqua satellite provided data on the storm to forecasters. In the Philippines, Fung-Wong is known as Sarah. On Nov. 20, the Moderate Resolution…

NASA tracks typhoon Kalmaegi affecting northern Philippines

NASA’s Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Kalmaegi as it moved into the Luzon Strait and continued to affect the northern Philippines. On Nov. 19, Kalmaegi’s western edge was in the Luzon Strait, while its southern quadrant was over…

This humidity digester breathes in atmospheric water and exhales energy

Integrating a super moisture-absorbent gel with light-active materials, researchers in Singapore have developed a humidity digester to dry the ambient air while generating energy. The method, presented November 20 in the journal Joule , is a green alternative to air…

NASA estimates tropical storm Sebastien’s rainfall rates

NASA found moderate rainfall occurring over a large area in Tropical Storm Sebastien, as it moves through the Atlantic Ocean. NASA has the unique ability to measure and calculate rainfall rates in storms from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or…

NASA finds heavy rain potential in typhoon Kalmaegi

NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Typhoon Kalmaegi using infrared light to determine the strength of the storm. Kalmaegi is known locally as Ramon in the Philippines where warnings are in effect. Kalmaegi has triggered warnings in the Philippines.…

NASA finds light rain in fading Tropical Depression 21E

Tropical Depression 21E never matured into a tropical storm and a NASA analysis of rainfall rates show the storm won’t have that chance. NASA has the unique capability of peering under the clouds in storms and measuring the rate in…

NASA finds light rain in fading Tropical Depression Fengshen

A NASA analysis of rainfall rates shows that the once mighty Fengshen is now a depression devoid of heavy rainfall. On Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. EST (1800 UTC), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center noted that Tropical Depression Fengshen was…

Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa

Researchers estimate future death toll from fossil fuel emission

New findings on the largest natural sulfur source in the atmosphere

Laboratory results question current knowledge on the degradation of dimethyl sulfide within the sulfur cycle

Pollution from Athabasca oil sands affects weather processes

Raindrops and ice forms rapidly and easily around nanosized particles of metal contaminants

NASA finds heavy rain potential in typhoon Kalmaegi

NASA finds light rain in fading Tropical Depression 21E

NASA finds light rain in fading Tropical Depression Fengshen

Nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, is on the rise

A new study from an international group of scientists finds we are releasing more of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide into the atmosphere than previously thought

Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa

Researchers estimate future death toll from fossil fuel emission

New findings on the largest natural sulfur source in the atmosphere

Laboratory results question current knowledge on the degradation of dimethyl sulfide within the sulfur cycle

Pollution from Athabasca oil sands affects weather processes

November 15, 2019 sarah JonasUncategorized

Raindrops and ice forms rapidly and easily around nanosized particles of metal contaminants

NASA gets an eyeful of Typhoon Fengshen

NASA’s Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Fengshen after its eye opened as Fengshen had strengthened from a tropical storm to a typhoon and developed an eye. On Nov. 15, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument that…

NASA identifies new Eastern Pacific tropical storm

November 15, 2019 sarah JonasUncategorized

NASA’s Terra satellite captured an image of developing Tropical Storm Raymond in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. On Nov. 14, the MODIS or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument that flies aboard NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image of then Tropical…

NASA looks at Tropical Depression Kalmaegi’s water vapor concentration

November 15, 2019 sarah JonasUncategorized

When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Philippine Sea, water vapor data provided information about the intensity of Tropical Depression Kalmaegi. NASA’s Aqua satellite passed Kalmaegi on Nov. 15 at 0425 UTC (Nov. 14 at 11:25 p.m. EST) and the…

‘Are we alone?’ Study refines which exoplanets are potentially habitable

First study to combine 3D climate modeling with chemistry explores M dwarf planets

‘Are we alone?’ Study refines which exoplanets are potentially habitable

First study to combine 3D climate modeling with chemistry explores M dwarf planets

NASA infrared data shows strength in Fengshen

Tropical Storm Fengshen’s cold cloud top temperatures revealed that the storm was maintaining strength as a strong tropical storm. Forecasters expect Fengshen will continue strengthening and reach typhoon status. One of the ways NASA researches tropical cyclones is by using…

NASA-NOAA satellite finds displaced power in Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi

Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi is still experiencing wind shear and those winds have continued to displace the strongest storms north of the cyclone’s center. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and identified those strong storms using infrared light. The Visible Infrared…

NASA infrared data shows strength in Fengshen

NASA-NOAA satellite finds displaced power in Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi

NASA’s Terra satellite sees fire and smoke from devastating bushfires in Australia

The state of New South Wales (NSW) in south eastern Australia is continuing to experience devastating bushfires due to the dry tinder-like atmosphere in the territory: high winds, dry lightning and continuing heat. Approximately 69 fires are still raging in…

NASA finds heavy rainfall along Central Philippine Coast from Tropical Depression Kalmaegi

Tropical Depression Kalmaegi continues moving west through the Philippine Sea and toward a landfall in the east central Philippines. NASA provided forecasters with an analysis of rainfall rates occurring in the strengthening tropical cyclone. NASA has the unique capability of…

NASA provides an infrared analysis of Tropical Storm Fengshen

Tropical Storm Fengshen continued to strengthen in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead. Infrared imagery from an instrument aboard Terra revealed very high, powerful storms with very cold cloud top temperatures circling the center. Tropical cyclones…

NASA’s Terra satellite sees fire and smoke from devastating bushfires in Australia

NASA finds heavy rainfall along Central Philippine Coast from Tropical Depression Kalmaegi

NASA provides an infrared analysis of Tropical Storm Fengshen

Nitrous oxide emissions set to rise in the Pacific Ocean

Today’s rising CO2 emissions are changing oceans’ pH levels, making them more acidic. We can already see the harmful effects in the coral reefs. Yet other chemical processes – whose environmental impact is not fully known – are also being…

NASA finds heavy rain in Tropical Storm Fengshen

The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided a look at the rainfall occurring within the newly developed Tropical Storm Fengshen. Tropical Depression 26W formed in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on Nov. 11 and strengthened into a tropical…

Nitrous oxide emissions set to rise in the Pacific Ocean

NASA finds heavy rain in Tropical Storm Fengshen

November 11, 2019 sarah JonasUncategorized

Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecasts

Every minute counts when it comes to predicting severe weather. Combing data from cutting-edge geostationary satellites and traditional weather radar created a path toward earlier, more accurate warnings, according to Penn State researchers who studied supercell thuderstorms in the Midwest.…

Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecasts

November 11, 2019 sarah JonasUncategorized

The forests of the Amazon are an important carbon sink

Innovative combination of forest models with satellite data provide more precise estimates

Bushfires on east coast of Australia out of control

An unprecedented number of bushfires have erupted on the east coast of Australia due to hot, dry, windy weather. Smoke billows from the scores of bushfires on Australia east coast in this image captured by NASA’s Terra satellite on Nov.…

NASA finds a stronger Matmo headed for landfall

Matmo strengthened from a tropical storm to a storm with hurricane-force in the overnight hours of Nov. 7. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Bay of Bengal, Northern Indian Ocean and found Matmo appeared more organized. Warnings are in…

NASA-NOAA satellite finds a weaker, transitioning Tropical Storm Halong

Halong continued to weaken and is transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of the less organized storm. The Suomi NPP satellite passed over Halong in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on Nov. 8. The…

NASA sees Nakri strengthen into a Typhoon

Former Tropical Storm Nakri strengthened into a Typhoon in the South China Sea on Nov. 8. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the region and found Nakri appeared more circular and more organized. Visible imagery from the Visible Infrared Imaging…

NASA observes Tropical Storm Matmo in North Central Bay of Bengal

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Bay of Bengal, Northern Indian Ocean and found that Tropical Storm Matmo was positioned in the center of that body of water. Visible imagery from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument…

NASA-NOAA satellite finds Tropical Storm Nakri affecting Kalayaan

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over Tropical Storm Nakri and captured a visible image of the storm in the South China Sea. Although the bulk of the storm was not over any land areas, Nakri’s southwestern quadrant was over the…

NASA satellite imagery finds Typhoon Halong resembles a boxing glove

Typhoon Halong has packed quite a punch and imagery from NASA’s Terra satellite found that the storm resembled a boxing glove. On Nov. 7, NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or…

Aviation emissions’ impacts on air quality larger than on climate, study finds