On a farm close to Beaufort West in the Karoo, Dr Markus Geldenhuys and a team of South African and German scientists have spent the past two weeks launching six huge, white weather balloons. The ...
This map, made using COWVR’s new observations, shows Earth’s microwave emissions at a frequency that provides information on the strength of winds at the ocean surface, the amount of water in clouds, ...
Ball Aerospace has shipped the Ozone Mapping Profile Suite (OMPS) instrument for integration onto NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) weather satellite. “Ball has been a part of ozone ...
Two instruments launching to the International Space Station in a few weeks could be weather-forecasting game changers. The two novel instruments are expected to demonstrate that while they are much ...
Since fall 2024, NASA scientists have flown a 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of atmospheric data - including through a hurricane. The goal is to ...
On a clear day, the little-known UC Davis weather station is barely noticeable to passersby, but it has been recording weather since the 1800s. Students monitor winds, temperature and other weather ...
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What is wind and how do we measure it?
Wind is the invisible force we feel on our faces, see rustling through trees, and hear whistling around buildings. But what exactly is wind, and why does it behave the way it does? At its core, wind ...
To improve weather and climate forecasts, clouds must be described more accurately in the relevant models. One problem is that, until now, it has not been possible to represent clouds in their complex ...
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