Weather Phenomena

Infrared Sounder on NASA's Suomi NPP Starts Its Mission

8 Feb 2012

GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts and our understanding of climate, has started sending its data back to Earth.

New satellite instrument for improved weather forecasts put into service

8 Feb 2012

A powerful instrument designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth’s atmosphere and improve weather and climate forecasts is now active and sending its first data back to Earth from America’s newest polar-orbiting satellite.

Global Warming: 'Weather on Steroids'

8 Feb 2012

What impact is climate change having on our weather? To help answer, a group of researchers has just released a new online guide for understanding the links between more extreme weather and a warming planet. They call the effect 'weather on steroids.'