- NASA Satellites See Ocean Conditions in 3-D, Improve Forecasts January 29, 2004
Freighters, cruise lines, marine rescuers and coastal
managers are among those who could benefit from prototype
three-dimensional, three-day ocean condition forecasts created
with the assistance of NASA satellite data, computer models and
on-site ocean measurements.
- Pacific Dictates Droughts and Drenchings January 28, 2004
The cooler and drier conditions in Southern California over the last few years appear to be a direct result of a long-term ocean pattern known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), according to research presented at the 2004 meeting of the American Meteorological Society.
- NASA Satellites Improve Response to Global Agricultural Change January 20, 2004
NASA’s Earth satellite observing systems are helping the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) improve the accuracy and timeliness of information they provide about important crops around the world.
- From Neighborhoods to Globe, NASA Looks At Land January 16, 2004
Satellites and computers are getting so
good, that now they can help study human activity
on scales as local as ones own neighborhood, and
may answer questions concerning how local
conditions affect global processes, like water
and energy cycles.
- NASA Satellite Surface Wind Data January 14, 2004
NASA's QuikSCAT satellite is providing meteorologists with accurate data on surface winds over the global oceans, leading to improved 2- to 5- day forecasts and weather warnings. The increased accuracy, already being used in hurricane forecasts, is bringing economic savings and a reduction in weather-related loss of life, especially at sea.
- A “Hot Tower” Above The Eye January 12, 2004
NASA scientists, using data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, have found “hot tower” clouds are associated with tropical cyclone intensification.
- Borax Minerals May Have Been Key to Start of Life on Earth January 8, 2004
Astrobiologists, supported by NASA, have announced a major advance in understanding how life may have originated on Earth billions of years ago.
- NASA'S New Studies of Earth's Seas, Skies and Soils January 6, 2004
They're carbonated, salty, and alternately wet and dry. Exotic champagnes? No, they're NASA's three Earth System Science Pathfinder small-satellite program missions: Orbiting Carbon Observatory, Aquarius and Hydros.
- El Niño-Related Fires Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions January 5, 2004
Year-to-year changes in concentration of carbon dioxide and methane, two important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,
can be linked to fire activity associated with the El Niño-La Niña cycle, according to a study conducted by a team of NASA scientists and other researchers.