- Possible Sharpshooter Insect Pest Habitats Mapped from Air & Space November 28, 2001
NASA satellite and aerial images of California's Monterey County vineyards are helping local officials identify vineyards at risk of invasion by the glassy-winged sharpshooter insect pest.
- TRMM Continues to Provide Diverse Insights into Climate Processes on Its Fourth Anniversary November 26, 2001
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has successfully completed its fourth year of continuous data gathering.
- NASA/French Ocean-Observing Satellite Set to Soar November 19, 2001
The Dec. 7 launch of Jason 1, NASA's newest oceanography satellite, will continue the mission started by Topex/Poseidon to monitor global climate interactions between the sea and the atmosphere.
- Ocean Circulation Shut Down by Melting Glaciers After Last Ice Age November 19, 2001
A circulatory system that drives the Gulf Stream may have shut down about
11.5 to 13 thousand years ago, causing Western Europe to cool down.
- Pine Island Glacier Creates a Splash November 14, 2001
To the surprise of scientists, a large iceberg has broken off the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica well in advance of predictions.
- 1,024 Supercomputer Makes More Accurate Climate Assessments November 13, 2001
NASA scientists can now evaluate the global impact of natural and human-induced activities on climate and better predict probable climate patterns in the future, thanks to the world's first 1,024-processor supercomputer.
- NASDA and NASA Collaboration: OCTS Global Data Set Available November 13, 2001
A collaborative effort between the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan and the NASA SIMBIOS and the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Projects has reprocessed the entire Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS) global area coverage (GAC) data set and made those products available to the scientific community.
- Pacific Recycles Last Year's Winter November 8, 2001
The Pacific ocean continues to be dominated by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, an above normal sea level pattern that is larger and stronger than any El Niño/La Niña event.
- Satellites Shed Light on a Warmer World November 5, 2001
Researchers using data from satellites and weather stations have found the air temperature near the Earth's surface has warmed on average by 1 degree F (0.6 degree C) globally over the last century.