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Thumbnail Aqua image of a well-defined plume of dust swept across the entire Atlantic Ocean on June 24, 2009.

HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust

06.14.2013
NASA's 2013 HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones.
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NASA SEAC4RS Mission Targets How Pollution, Storms And Climate Mix

06.06.2013
NASA's science aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to investigate how air pollution and natural emissions affect atmospheric composition and climate.
3-D image shows a TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) slice through storms over Texas.

TRMM Sees Powerful Storm Over San Antonio

05.29.2013
Three people died this past weekend from flooding in San Antonio, Texas. The TRMM satellite flew above Texas early Saturday morning when powerful thunderstorms were drenching San Antonio.
Labeled Aqua image of Cape Verde islands.

HS3 Mission May Target Cape Verde Island Hurricanes in 2013

05.29.2013
NASA's multi-year Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel, or HS3, mission may explore tropical cyclones of Cape Verde origins when it takes to the skies again this August.
Photo of technicians securing NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft in the aircraft hangar of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va.

HS3 Mission Aircraft to Double Team 2013 Hurricane Season

05.29.2013
During this year’s hurricane season NASA will “double-team” on research with two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft winging their way over storms that develop during the peak of the season.
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Overview

The Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory investigates the physics and dynamics of atmospheric processes using remote-sensing data and high-resolution numerical simulations. Key areas of research are cloud and precipitation systems and their impact on regional and global climate. State-of-the-art cloud-resolving models are developed and applied at local to regional to global scales.

The Laboratory plays a key science leadership role in the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM), launched in 1997 and still operating, and in developing the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission concept. Another central focus is developing remote-sensing technology and methods to measure aerosols, clouds, precipitation, water vapor, and winds, especially using active remote sensing (lidar and radar).

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