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Tornado Tracks Streak Across Oklahoma
The rotation of tornadoes creates a distinctive signature in radar data, and can be used to estimate the track that the system takes…
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GOES Satellite Captures Spring Equinox
It is that time of year again (it happens twice) when the relative angle of Earth is perpendicular to the Sun, causing equal incoming…
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The Tibesti Mountains
Just south of the Libyan border in Chad, there is a visible scar in the sands of the Sahara Desert. The Tibesti Mountains, shown…
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Polar-Orbiting Satellites are Key to Accurate Hurricane Forecasts
The incredibly accurate 5-day forecasts for Hurricanes Irene and Sandy have illustrated the improvements in both observations and…
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National Weather Service Accurately Predicted Sandy's Path
Five days before Sandy made landfall along the New Jersey coastline, NOAA's National Hurricane Center accurately projected the storm's path. This…
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High Speed Satellite Imagery of Hurricane Sandy
As the NOAA GOES-13 satellite provides on-going operational coverage of Hurricane Sandy, a special Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) has been…
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Hurricane Sandy Approaching the East Coast
This image from the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument shows Hurricane Sandy strengthening in the Gulf Stream as it…
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Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy October 2012 follows up the US east coast and devastates New York and New Jersey.
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