NASA's Newest SeaWinds Instrument Breezes into Operation
February 24 — One of NASA's newest Earth-observing instruments, the SeaWinds scatterometer aboard Japan's Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 2 (Adeos 2) -- now renamed Midori 2 -- has successfully transmitted its first radar data to our home planet, generating its first high-quality images. More

Ozone Levels in Southern California Smog May Be Higher Than Current Air Quality Models Predict
February 10 — Current air-quality models used for predicting air pollution may be underestimating ozone levels in Southern California by as much as 10% of the national one-hour ozone standard, a UC Irvine study has found. More

NASA Goes On-Line With Extra-Tropical Storm Tracks
February 10 — If you're a weather fanatic, or if you've just ever wondered how stormy it was around the world on the day you were born, you can now find out. Scientists working with NASA have created a free on-line atlas that shows extra-tropical storm tracks between 1961 and 1998. More

Scientists in the Snow: Improving Water, Weather and Climate Forecasts
February 10 — Scientists and students from six federal agencies and many universities will study the snowpacks of the Colorado Rockies from the ground, air and space this winter and spring to improve forecasts of springtime water supply and snowmelt floods and to study how snow-cover affects the Earth's weather and climate. The 2003 Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX) runs from February 19-25 and March 25-31. More

NASA Satellite Helps Scientists See Effects Of Earthquakes in Remote Areas
February 5 — The unique capabilities of a NASA earth-observing satellite have allowed researchers to view the effects of a major earthquake that occurred in 2001 in Northern India near the border of Pakistan. More

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