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Mathematics and the Ocean: Movement, Mixing and Climate Modeling

Dr. Shuckburgh described mathematical ideas from dynamical systems used by her group, along with numerical modeling and experimental observations, to analyze…

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NASA’s Operation IceBridge: Antarctic Land and Sea Surveys

NASA's Operation IceBridge got the 2012 Antarctic campaign off to a productive start with a land ice survey of Thwaites Glacier and a sea ice flight over parts…

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NASA satellite indicates Tropical Storm Prapiroon's rains mostly south of center

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew above Prapiroon when it was a typhoon on Oct. 15, 2012 at 0632 UTC (2:32 a.m. EDT)….

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NASA sees rainfall pushed away from Tropical Storm Anais' center

When NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Tropical Storm Anais on Oct. 16 at 0654 UTC (2:54 a.m. EDT), light to moderate…

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Satellite Image Captures Hurricane Rafael’s Impact on Bermuda

NOAA's GOES-14 satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Rafael in the Atlantic on Oct. 16 at 7:45 a.m. EDT. The image shows the extent of Hurricane…

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NASA sees Hurricane Paul 'eye' Mexico's Socorro Island, coastline

Hurricane Paul is stirring up rough seas in the eastern Pacific Ocean and warnings are posted along Baja California.A hurricane warning is in effect for the…

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NASA’s Aqua Satellite Monitors Tropical Storm Maria

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Maria on Oct. 16 at 0355 UTC, 12:55 p.m. local time Tokyo/Japan (Oct. 15 at 11:55 p.m. EDT) and the Moderate…

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Ice Sheet Retreat Shaped by Underlying Landscape Geometry

A UK team led by Durham University has found that the geometry of channels beneath the ice can be a strong control on ice behaviour, temporarily hiding the…

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Atlantic Ocean Heat Pump Findings Challenge Climate Change Assumptions

Heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean during the last Ice Age was not weaker, as long assumed, but in fact stronger than it is today. This discovery was made by…

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NASA Satellite Tracks Heavy Rainfall in Typhoon Prapiroon

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed directly above weakening Typhoon Prapiroon in the western Pacific Ocean on October 12, 2012 at…

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NASA Tracks Tropical Storm Rafael Over Leeward Islands

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Rafael in the…

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Researchers ID Unique Geological ‘Sombrero’ Uplift in South America

At the border of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile sits the Altiplano-Puna plateau in the central Andes region, home to the largest active magma body in Earth’s…

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Solar Wind Particles May Explain Lunar Soil Water Source

Over the last five years, spacecraft observations and new lab measurements of Apollo lunar samples have overturned the long-held belief that the moon is…

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NASA Discovers First Tropical Cyclone of Indian Ocean Season

On Oct. 12 at 1500 UTC (11 a.m. EDT), Tropical Cyclone 01S (TC01S) was “born” about 90 nautical miles (103.6 miles/166.7 km) west-southwest of Diego Garcia,…

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NASA Sees Heaviest Rainfall Near Typhoon Prapiroon's Center

When NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Typhoon Prapiroon on Oct. 12 at 0741 UTC (3:41 a.m. EDT), the precipitation radar…

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NASA Sees Some Strength in Tropical Storm Patty's Brief Debut

On Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. EDT the National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced the formation of tropical depression sixteen (TD16) northeast of the Bahamas. Earlier,…

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