- NASA Launches Satellites for Weather, Climate, Air Quality Studies April 28, 2006
Two NASA satellites were launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on missions to reveal the inner secrets of clouds and aerosols, tiny particles suspended in the air.
- NASA Dis-Assembles And Re-Assembles Tropical Storm Gert April 26, 2006
To figure out how something mechanical works, people take it apart and look at its components, then try and put it back together. That's what NASA researchers are doing with hurricanes, to try to figure out what makes them tick. For Tropical Storm Gert, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2005, they found that the mountainous areas of Mexico helped the storm to form.
- NASA Data Combined To Improve Hurricane Landfall Forecasts April 24, 2006
Data gathered from last year's NASA hurricane research mission and a NASA satellite have improved tropical storm landfall and storm strength forecasts in computer models.
- Wealth Of Unique NASA Data Helps Answer 'What On Earth'? April 20, 2006
As Earth Day approaches on April 22, NASA data archive centers are making available enormous quantities of important satellite data about many facets of the Earth.