News Release Archive
September 3, 2009
Pollution from California Wildfires Spreads Across the United States
Carbon-monoxide-filled smoke from California's Station Fire spreads across the United States in this animation created from data from NASA's Aqua satellite.
September 1, 2009
Powerful Hurricane Jimena Steams Toward Baja
The JPL-built Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of a then Category 4 Hurricane Jimena early on Tuesday, Sept. 1, as the storm approached the southern tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula.
December 19, 2008
NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming
The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics -- the type associated with severe storms and rainfall -- is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
October 30, 2008
Ghosts and goblins appear to be making their annual haunt around Earth and Saturn. These enhanced images capture a spacey view of Halloween.
October 9, 2008
NASA Maps Shed Light on Carbon Dioxide's Global Nature
A NASA/university team has published the first global satellite maps of the key greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in Earth's mid-troposphere, an area about 8 kilometers, or 5 miles, above Earth.
February 6, 2009
NASA-JPL Scientist Elected to National Academy of Engineering
In one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to engineers and scientists, the National Academy of Engineering has elected Moustafa T. Chahine, a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., as a member of its organization.
October 23, 2007
NASA Views Southern California Fires and Winds
With a click of the mouse button, the public can see NASA views from space, including some at Google Earth, of Southern California's raging wildfires and the ferocious Santa Ana winds that are driving them.
July 25, 2007
New NASA AIRS Data to Aid Weather, Climate Research
Newly available data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA's Aqua spacecraft are providing better tools for climate scientists.
July 26, 2006
NASA Africa Mission Investigates Origin, Development of Hurricanes
Scientists from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, universities and international agencies will study how winds and dust conditions from Africa influence the birth of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
July 26, 2006
NASA Africa Mission Investigates Origin, Development of Hurricanes
Scientists from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, universities and international agencies will study how winds and dust conditions from Africa influence the birth of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
August 24, 2005
NASA/NOAA Announce Major Weather Forecasting Advancement
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today outlined research that has helped to improve the accuracy of medium-range weather forecasts in the Northern Hemisphere.
September 10, 2003
NASASatellites Sample Hurricane 'Ingredients' to Help Forecasters
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today outlined research that has helped to improve the accuracy of medium-range weather forecasts in the Northern Hemisphere.
April 29, 2003
New NASA Data Helps Take 'Whether' Out of Weather Prediction
Your weatherperson's job just got a little easier, thanks to new data now available from advanced weather instruments aboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
February 7, 2003
Space Sensors Sample Brews from Earth's Volcanic Cauldrons
Think of them as the Good Witches of the North, South, East and West, whizzing around the globe daily on their techno "broomsticks" in space.
April 29, 2003
First Images from NASA's 'Thermometer in the Sky' Sizzle
Think of them as the Good Witches of the North, South, East and West, whizzing around the globe daily on their techno "broomsticks" in space.
May 4, 2002
Aqua Launced to Study Earth's Water Cycle
NASA's latest Earth observing satellite, Aqua, carrying the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory-managed Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument, successfully launched this morning at 2:55 a.m. Pacific Time. Aqua is dedicated to advancing our understanding of Earth's water cycle and our environment.
April 23, 2002
NASA's Aqua Spacecraft so Study Earth's Water Cycle
NASA's mission to understand and protect our home planet will mark a major milestone this spring with the launch of the Aqua satellite, carrying the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory- managed Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument.
March 18, 2002
Meteorologists around the world will soon have access to more and better data about Earth's atmosphere thanks to a new NASA instrument planned for launch this spring.
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