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Typhoon Morakot dumps record rains on Taiwan; causes more flooding on mainland China
GES DISC hurricane tools used to track the movement of the storm and intense rains on Taiwan
Release Notes for Giovanni 3.0.8.1
New release features new data fetching software, new data products
Global Precipitation Climatology Project Version 2.1 available in TOVAS
New version of popular data set useful for climate and meteorological studies can be examined with online visualization and analysis tools
Air quality and remote sensing training in Costa Rica
Training program at Universidad Nacional includes interactive sessions with Giovanni
GES DISC staff presentation at international monsoon study program meeting
NASA data and services will help support examination of human-monsoon interactions in Asia
Heavy spring rains follow winter drought around nation's capital
Spring rainfall is heavy in 2009, particularly in the city of Washington D.C.
False Color Merged IR Visualization now available!
With a web browser and few mouse clicks, users can produce visualizations for all 8 years and 4.5 TB of Merged IR Brightness Temperature data and generate False Color IR imagery and animation without downloading any software and data.
INSAM Features Giovanni instances related to agriculture and meteorology
News item about the INSAM Web site featuring Giovanni precipitation and agricultural instances.
More journal publications using Giovanni
Citations to more journal papers which utilized Giovanni's analysis and visualization capabilities have been added to the 2008 and 2009 lists of publications.
Merged IR data animation of February 10 tornado-spawning Oklahoma storms
The Hurricane Data Analysis Tool provided an impressive view of a tornado-spawning storm event over Oklahoma and Texas on February 10, 2009.
Giovanni for MERRA data is now available
Two new instances of Giovanni supporting the recently released Modern Era-Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) data ...
American Meteorological Society Short Course on Giovanni
At the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society in Phoenix, Arizona, GES DISC staff are giving a one-day short course ...
2008 Fall AGU Meeting: Decision-Making and Education Presentations
The GES DISC has created data tools and data systems that are useful for scientists, but ...
2008 Fall AGU Meeting: Land Surface and Hydrology Presentations
Predicting landslides and improving predictions of precipitation; studying northern Eurasia; and modeling the fluxes between land and atmosphere are the subjects ...
2008 Fall AGU Meeting: Climate, Models, and Oceans Presentations
30 years of meteorological data; 6 years of AIRS data; a new system for 8 years of IR data from geostationary satellites, 11 years of ocean color data over the Chesapeake Bay - the GES DISC has tools and data to study climate, to be described at the Fall AGU Meeting in San Francisco.
Hurricane Data Analysis Tool: Global Merged IR Dataset Added
Scientists, students, and applications users seeking on-the-fly visualizations of hurricane-related satellite and model data can now visualize and get access to the NCEP/CPC 4-km Global Merged IR Brightness Temperature dataset, through the GES DISC Hurricane Data Analysis tool.
Three new questions added to Precipitation FAQ
Three new questions (with linked answers) have been added to the Precipitation FAQ. These questions are useful to GrADS and binary data users.
TOVAS Giovanni adds products to new interface
Several TRMM data products have been added to the new TOVAS instances as part of the transitional phase between the predecessor TOVAS and the current Giovanni system.
GES DISC Teams Receive Robert H. Goddard Honor Awards in 2008
Three teams from the Goddard Earth Sciences DISC received Robert H. Goddard Honor Awards for 2008.
Ike Moves Over Cuba, Heads to the Gulf
As of 2:00 pm EST September 9th, Hurricane Ike has a forward speed to 12 mph heading in the West/Northwest direction with a wind speed of 75 mph and is located at approximately 22.7N, 83.4W with a central pressure of 970 mb. Hurricane Ike headed to Cuba as a category 3 storm initially and has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it moved over land. ...
