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NASA | OLYMPEX Successfully Grabs the Rains
NASA finishes campaign to study extreme rain, snow and winds of the Olympic National Forest. Scientists Walt Petersen of NASA Marshall and Robert Houze of the University of Washington narrate this inside look at the Olympic Mountain...
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NASA | Hurricane Scientist talks GRIP, Hurricane Earl
NASA's Hurricane expert Dr. Jeff Halverson explains how NASA's GRIP mission is keeping a close eye on Hurricane Earl and other storms over the Atlantic. Scientists use data collected from NASA's DC-8, Global Hawk and WB-57 aircraft to...
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NASA | GPM: The Trouble with Irene
NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission, or GPM, a joint NASA/JAXA mission, will provide rainfall data on storms and hurricanes like Irene that move out of the tropics. The data will be available when the GPM Core Observatory...
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NASA | GOES-R: Living with Space Weather
In addition to monitoring weather on Earth, the GOES-R satellites will monitor weather in space caused by electromagnetic radiation and charged particles released from solar storms on the Sun. Many people rely on space weather data,...
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Shrinks and Grows
This video takes viewers on a journey to Jupiter, where NASA scientists have made an interesting discovery about the Great Red Spot. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/David Ladd Music provided by Killer Tracks: "Moon Leaving" by...
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A Decade of Discovery for Suomi-NPP
Since its launch on Oct. 28, 2011, the remarkable instruments on the Suomi-NPP satellite have captured a wealth of valuable data and beautiful images of our home planet. Suomi-NPP is the first of a series of polar-orbiting weather...
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Hubble’s Brand New Image of Saturn
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Saturn, taken in late June of 2019, reveals the giant planet's iconic rings. Saturn’s amber colors come from summer smog-like hazes, produced in photochemical reactions driven by solar ultraviolet...
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NASA | Katrina Retrospective: 5 Years After the Storm
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast. Five years later, NASA revisits the storm with a short video that shows Katrina as captured by satellites. Before and during the hurricane's landfall, NASA...
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NASA | SOHO and TRACE Solar Discoveries
On April 3, 2009, countries from around the world participated in the '100 Hours of Astronomy' webcast to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. Produced to support the webcast, this movie highlights the discoveries of the SOHO...
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NASA | What Are The Chances Of Another Katrina?
The U.S. hasn’t experienced the landfall of a Category 3 hurricane or larger since 2005, when Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma all hit the U.S. coast. According to a new NASA study, a string of nine years without a major hurricane...
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NASA | TRMM at 15: The Reign of Rain
TRMM Project Scientist Scott Braun looks back at the legacy of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and a few of the major scientific milestones the satellite has helped achieve.
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NASA | NOAA-N Prime Mission Overview
The NOAA-N Prime satellite is slated for launch by NASA on February 4th, 2009. Operated by NOAA, N Prime will be the last in the Television Infrared Observation Satellite Series (TIROS) that have been observing Earth’s weather and...
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Shakespeare Today: King Lear - Key Quotes 1
After watching this lesson, you will be able to support your discussion of King Lear’s themes with detailed textual analysis! This lesson unpacks the most famous and significant quotes uttered by King Lear, the main character. These...
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The Devastation of Typhoon Haiyan
In November, 2013, a massive typhoon hit the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia. Learn about the social, financial, and environmental damage Typhoon Haiyan caused.
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Ten-Year Gap in Major Hurricanes Continues
Could the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season break the 10-year “hurricane drought” record? It has been a decade since the last major hurricane, Category 3 or higher, made landfall in the United States. This is the...
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NASA | Seeing Inside A Hurricane
NASA scientist Dalia Kirschbaum explains how the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission's Core observatory has an instrument that can see layer by layer through a storm. In this visualization of data by NASAs Goddard's Space Flight...
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Hubble Trivia: 16) What has Hubble helped reveal about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What has Hubble helped reveal about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? You might be...
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I WONDER - How Are Hurricanes Formed?
This video is answering the question of how are hurricanes formed.
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Short circuits in magnetosphere cause radiation spots on Earth
Scientists are starting to understand how solar storms use currents in Earth’s magnetic shield to land some punches.
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NASA | Anatomy of a Solar Explosion
Dr. Angelos Vourlidas, the Project Scientist for STEREO's Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investivation (SECCHI) instrument, explains how the STEREO satellites have been able to observe the true size, shape, and...
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GPM Observes Tropical Storm Florence Temporarily Weakened by Wind Shear
NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core observatory satellite flew over Tropical Storm Florence on September 7, 2018. At that time, the storm was experiencing strong wind shear. The storm later restrengthened into a...
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NASA | GPM Analyzes Powerful Tropical Cyclone Winston over Fiji
The Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM mission core satellite passed directly over Tropical Cyclone Winston on Feb. 20 just after it made landfall on the north coast of Viti Levu Island, which is the largest and most populated...
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NASA/NOAA | GOES Weather With Topper Shutt
WUSA 9 Chief Meteorologist Topper Shutt answers viewers questions about how he uses GOES satellite data to accurately predict the weather. On March 4th, 2010, NASA launched GOES-P (soon to be re-named GOES-15), the last satellite in the...
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NASA | TRMM Mission Ends
In 1997 when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, was launched, its mission was scheduled to last just a few years. Now, 17 years later, the TRMM mission has come to an end. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...