Beautiful Earth Program Presents

Beautiful Earth Program Presents: Bella Gaia, a Multimedia Performance by Kenji Williams followed by an Extreme Weather Science Dialogue With Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission.

Taking place at 1 pm EST, today, this one-hour broadcast pairs a musical and visual tour of Earth from space and discussion with a GPM scientist. Students and teachers from across the country will interact live with the program on the theme of extreme weather. Participants can view the program via webcast and send in questions via email (address will be broadcast).

SO INDIAN OCEAN

SO INDIAN OCEAN - The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued their final bulletin on Tropical Cyclone 02S
At 1200 UTC (7 a.m. EST) today, TC02S was located near 18.5 south longitude and 60.3 east latitude, about 195 nautical miles east- northeast of Port Louis, Mauritius. It was moving to the south at 7 knots and maximum sustained winds were still near 30 knots but weakening.
This visible image of Tropical Cyclone 02S' last day was taken on Nov. 30 at 0600 UTC (1 a.m. EST) from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. The bulk of clouds/thunderstorms have been pushed to the southeast from strong vertical wind shear.
This is the last advisory on this system. I

Sinlaku (Northwest Pacific)

Sinlaku (Northwest Pacific)

NASA Satellites Provide Triple Coverage on Tropical Storm Sinlaku

Tropical Storm Sinlaku made landfall in east-central Vietnam bringing some moderate to heavy rainfall with it.  NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's TRMM and GPM satellites analyzed the rainfall rates occurring in Sinlaku before it made landfall while NASA's Terra satellite spotted the storm as it came ashore in Vietnam.
Tropical Storm Sinlaku formed on November 26, 2014 over the southeastern Philippines. As a tropical depression Sinlaku caused flooding in areas of the Visayas and Mindanao. The storm then moved west and crossed the South China Sea where it headed to Vietnam for a final landfall.
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite and the Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM core satellites viewed Sinlaku after it had strengthened into a tropical storm over the South China Sea.
Both TRMM and GPM provided information about the rate in which rain was falling within the storm. Rainfall derived from TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) data was collected when the satellite flew over on November 28, 2014 at 0716 UTC (2:16 a.m. EST).  The GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) measurements occurred a little over six hours later at 1326 UTC (8:26 a.m. EST). The GMI found rain falling at a rate of over 82 mm/3.2 inches per hour in powerful thunderstorms north of Sinlaku's center of circulation.
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a 3-D view of Sinlaku's precipitation structure was made using data from the Ku band on GPM's dual frequency radar instrument (DPR). DPR showed that some thunderstorms were reaching heights of 16.41 km (about 10.2 miles). The energy released by these towering storms often signals intensification in tropical cyclones. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)
predicted that Sinlaku would intensify and reach close to typhoon force winds of 60 knots (69 mph) before hitting Vietnam on November 30, 2014.
On Nov. 29 at 03:30 UTC (Nov. 28 at 10:30 p.m. EST), the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite took a visible image of Tropical Storm Sinlaku as it began making landfall in Vietnam. At that time the western quadrant of the storm was over the coast near Phu Yen.


 On Nov. 28, the GPM satellite saw rain falling at a rate of over 82 mm/3.2 inches per hour north of Sinlaku's center of circulation where thunderstorms were as high as 16.41 km (10.2 miles).

 The TRMM satellite flew over Sinlaku on November 28, 2014 at 0716 UTC and measured moderate rainfall.

On Nov. 29 at 03:30 UTC, the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite took this visible image of Tropical Storm Sinlaku making landfall in Vietnam.



 Sinlaku made landfall in the Phu Yen Province and affected a large area from the Quang Ngai to Khanh Hoa Provinces. The storm moved inland and weakened into a depression on Nov. 30.

El Océano Atlántico y temporadas de huracanes del este y central del océano

The Atlantic Ocean and Eastern and Central North Pacific Ocean hurricane seasons officially end on November 30 and there are no tropical cyclones are expected through that date in those oceans!

 

El Océano Atlántico y temporadas de huracanes del este y central del océano Pacífico Norte terminan oficialmente el 30 de noviembre y no hay ciclones tropicales se espera hasta esa fecha en esos océanos!

SO. INDIAN OCEAN *Full Update* NASA Sees New Tropical Storm Threatening Mauritius and Reunion Islands.

SO. INDIAN OCEAN *Full Update* NASA Sees New Tropical Storm Threatening Mauritius and Reunion Islands.
NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone 02S after it formed in the Southern Indian Ocean on Nov. 28. An image from Terra showed that the new tropical storm is close to Mauritius and Reunion Islands. STORY:
http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/tropical-cyclone-02s-southern-indian-ocean/

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving…gobble, gobble!

Nice work from the kindergarten class at NASA Goddard Child Development Center!

Objective: Disguise your turkey in a way that will keep him from being captured and eaten on Thanksgiving.

So, it's Thanksgiving

So, it's Thanksgiving. You've just taken your turkey out of the freezer and someone told you it's not going to work that way, physics and thermodynamics and such. But you're smarter than that. You follow NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Facebook. Surely those brains have some back-door secret way to make everything work out, right?

Well, our friend Jesus Diaz came up with some ideas after chatting with our engineers and scientists. We're not endorsing anybody actually trying these at home, but if it provides some inspiration ... well.

Here is a favorite #ThrowbackThursday Thanksgiving article: http://bit.ly/NASACooksaTurkey

 

 

 Así que, es de Acción de Gracias. Usted acaba de tomar su pavo del congelador y alguien le dijiste que no va a funcionar de esa manera, la física y la termodinámica y tal. Pero tú eres más inteligente que eso. Usted sigue el Centro de Vuelo Espacial Goddard de la NASA en Facebook. Seguramente esos cerebros tienen alguna puerta trasera camino secreto para hacer que todo funcione, ¿verdad?

Pues bien, nuestro amigo Jesús Díaz llegó a algunas ideas después de charlar con nuestros ingenieros y científicos. No estamos apoyando a nadie en realidad tratando de éstos en el país, pero si se proporciona un poco de inspiración ... bien.

Aquí está un artículo favorito #ThrowbackThursday de Acción de Gracias: http://bit.ly/NASACooksaTurkey

 

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