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Art Turns Public Eyes (and Ears) Toward Space

Posted on November 1, 2016 by challer

The Orbit Pavilion is a sound installation at The Huntington Library Art Collections & Botantical Gardens in San Marino, California that lets listeners “hear” 19 of NASA’s Earth science satellites pass over them, providing a fun and engaging way to learn about space.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Engineering, Featured, Photos, Rotator, Space, Space Matters | Tagged Andrew Good, art, Calfornia, changing mass, Department of Defense (DoD), DoD, DOD and science, DoD Armed with Science, Earth, ice, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, nasa, oceans, Pasadena, planet, science, scientists, space, weather | Comments Off

The Hurricane Hunter

Posted on August 6, 2013 by jtozer

Major Sean Cross is a pilot with the Hurricane Hunters, the world famous Air Force unit that flies directly into hurricanes. He plays a direct role in early hurricane detection and preparation for the United States and other countries around …
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Hurricane Forecasting

Posted on October 14, 2012 by jtozer

Inside a cylinder – about the size of a roll of paper towels – lives a circuit board filled with sensors. It’s called a dropsonde, or “sonde” for short. It’s a work horse of hurricane forecasting, dropping out of “Hurricane …
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Posted in Technology, Videos | Tagged atmosphere, atmospheric conditions, climate conditions, cylinder, dropsonde technology, Dropsondes, how technology is helping with weather, Hurricane Hunter, hurricanes, National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR, NSF, Technology, weather, weather and technology | Comments Off

Tracked Raindrops Falling On Our Heads

Posted on July 15, 2012 by jtozer

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists are leading a multi-agency study which reveals that a very high-resolution Doppler radar has the unique capacity to detect individual cloud hydrometeors in the free atmosphere. This study will improve scientists’ understanding of the dynamics and …
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Posted in Earth Sciences, Featured, STEM | Tagged atmosphere, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Facility, clouds, Doppler, hydrometeors, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, meteorology, nasa, Naval Ordinance Test Unit, naval research laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, NRL, physics, RADAR, scripps institution of oceanography, space shuttle, the Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Navy's Mid-Course Radar, weather | Comments Off

The Future Of The Forecast

Posted on June 12, 2012 by jtozer

With the Atlantic hurricane season officially beginning this month, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is pursuing a number of projects to help Navy forecasters and meteorologists around the world predict storms better. “Weather is one of the most significant factors affecting …
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Posted in Featured, STEM, Technology, Videos | Tagged Fleet Weather Center, forecasters, Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program, Marines, meteorologist, National Ice Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, navy, Navy’s Task Force Climate Change, NIC, NOAA, Office of Naval Research, predict storms better, sailors, service members, statistical-dynamical models, storm predeiction, TC-COAMPS, Technology, Tropical Cyclone Coupled Ocean, USMC, video, weather | Comments Off

Jet Streams On Jupiter Similar to Those on Earth

Posted on March 19, 2012 by jtozer

From www.nasa.gov New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet’s jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth’s atmosphere and influences the weather. The movies, made from …
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Electronic Systems Center brings weather situational awareness

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Julie Weckerlein

The Electronic Systems Center‘s Aerospace Management Systems Division Weather Programs Branch at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., are working to improve weather situational awareness for warfighters. FalconView Weather is a net-centric, lightweight, easy-to-use capability that displays current and forecasted weather …
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Thinking of Those Affected by Recent Tornadoes

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Julie Weckerlein

Our thoughts are with those affected by the recent string of tornadoes and violent weather in the midwest and southern states. Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and smaller military installations were some of those hit, and hundreds of National …
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Posted in Earth Sciences, Uncategorized | Tagged air force, disaster relief, National Guard, natural disaster, weather | 2 Comments