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NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.
NASA's Hurricane Page is All "a-Twitter"

In 2005, NASA created the NASA Hurricane and Tropical Cyclone Web page that covers NASA research on tropical cyclones around the world every day. Now, NASA's Hurricane page has a companion "Twitter" page.
El Niño Pumping Up, Warm Kelvin Wave Surges Toward South America →

Recent sea-level height data from the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 oceanography satellite indicates that El Niño is experiencing a late-fall resurgence.
New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images.
GOES Offers Real-Time Hurricane Alley Movies

Thanks to NASA's GOES Project, individuals can now access real-time satellite data from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
NASA Satellites Catalog the Deadly History of Tropical Storm Parma

NASA satellites cataloged the deadly history of Tropical Storm Parma, during its long life (Sept 28-Oct 14, 2009) in the Western Pacific, where it caused flooding, destruction and death in the Philippines and China.
Floundering El Niños Make for Fickle Forecasts

Since May 2009, the tropical Pacific Ocean has switched from a cool pattern of ocean circulation known as La Niña to her warmer sibling, El Niño.
NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Ketsana's Record Flooding in Northern Philippines

The latest tropical system to the hit the Philippines, Tropical Storm Ketsana (known locally as "Tropical Storm Ondoy"), has resulted in record flooding in the capital of Manila on the island of Luzon in the northern Philippines.
Flooding Rains in U.S. Southeast Like Those of a Tropical Storm

So far at least 9 people are dead and others are missing across the southeastern United States as a result of severe flooding brought about by several days worth of heavy showers and thundershowers.
Three NASA Satellites Get Awesome Views of Super-Typhoon Choi-Wan

NASA's Aqua, CloudSat and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) captured stunning satellite images and different views of Super Typhoon Choi-Wan this week.
Tropical Cyclone 03B Has Incredible Staying Power Over India

A low that developed in the Bay of Bengal from the monsoon season last week and was briefly classified as a tropical cyclone, named TC 03B, made an inland trek into India and is still going.
The Strongest Tropical Cyclones of the Last Decade →

This collection of images features the strongest tropical cyclones from all oceans in the past decade.
NASA Releases GOES-14 Satellite Video of Hurricane Bill

NASA has released a video of Hurricane Bill today from the GOES-14 satellite. The video was put together from a series of still frames taken by the satellite using both infrared and visible imagery and provides different views of Hurricane Bill on August 20.
NASA's A-Train of Satellites "On Track" With Hurricane Research

NASA has several satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track. They're called the "A-Train" and one of the things they study is tropical cyclones.
Atlantic Hurricane Season Springs to Life

After a rather slow start, the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season has seen a sudden surge in activity with the rapid emergence of three named storms.
NASA's TRMM Satellite Sees Typhoon Morakot's Massive Flooding in Taiwan

Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan on August 7 and later China on August 10, 2009, bringing an enormous amount of rain that caused massive flooding, devastating mudslides, and loss of life.
El Niño Conditions Set in Across Pacific Ocean During Hurricane Season →

In July 2009, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center reported that ocean temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific had shifted into El Niño—anomalously warm—conditions.
First Image from GOES-14

GOES-14 shows first image.
El Niño Approaches During the Hurricane Season →

Using Jason-2 altimetry data, NASA scientists are closely monitoring the recent Pacific El Niño warming.
GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit and Renamed GOES-14

GOES-O became GOES-14 once it reached its geosynchronous orbit on July 8, 2009.