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Aqua satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Guambe

Tropical Cyclone Guambe

02.19.2021
Less than a month after a destructive storm in January, another tropical cyclone aims at the East African nation.
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NCCS-Enabled Science Advances Being Presented at Online AMS Annual Meeting

01.06.2021
From more accurate hydrology forecasts to improved understanding of cyclone dynamics, science advances enabled by NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) resources are the subject of posters and virtual presentations at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS 101), being held online January 10–15, 2021.
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NASA Discoveries, R&D, Moon to Mars Exploration Plans Persevere in 2020

12.21.2020
???NASA has impressed the nation with our resilience and persistence during the pandemic,??? said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
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NCCS, CISTO, and Partners Present Advances at Virtual AGU Fall Meeting

12.01.2020
Researchers from the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS), its parent Computational Information & Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and university partner organizations are participating in the Scientific Program at the 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, being held online 1–17 Dec 2020.
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NASA Aids Disaster Response after Eta and Iota Hit Central America

11.19.2020
With up to 155-mph winds, Hurricane Iota smashed record books on Nov. 16 as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in Nicaragua. Iota reached Category 5 strength before making landfall as a Category 4 storm near the town of Haulover, Nicaragua.
GOES-16 satellite image of Hurricane Iota

Iota – Atlantic Ocean

11.17.2020
Less than two weeks after being hit by Category 4 Hurricane Eta, several Central American countries braced for the arrival of Category 5 Hurricane Iota.
Suomi NPP satellite image of Typhoon Vamco

Vamco Thrashes the Philippines

11.13.2020
The typhoon brought strong winds and flooding to Manila.
Still from animation depicting precipitation in Hurricane Eta over Nicaragua

Eta – Atlantic Ocean

11.05.2020
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite flew over Hurricane Eta at 11:41 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Nov. 3 (0541 UTC Wednesday, Nov. 4).
Suomi NPP satellite infrared image of Super Typhoon Goni

Devastating Storm Hits the Philippines

11.03.2020
Super Typhoon Goni brought winds upwards of 300 kilometers (195 miles) per hour before making landfall on Catanduanes Island.
Terra satellite image of Hurricane Zeta

Hurricane Zeta Arrives on the Gulf Coast

10.29.2020
It will be the fifth storm to hit Louisiana this year, and the eleventh to hit the continental United States.
Aqua satellite image of Typhoon Molave

Molave Heads Toward Vietnam

10.28.2020
After getting pummeled by three deadly storms in October, Vietnam prepares for another one.
Terra satellite image of Hurricane Zeta

NASA Prepares for Hurricane Zeta

10.28.2020
As Tropical Storm Zeta makes landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast, NASA has eyes on the storm with an array of Earth-observing instruments and stands ready to aid affected communities with critical data and analysis.
Satellite image of rainrates in Tropical Storm Nangka

Nangka – Northwestern Pacific Ocean

10.13.2020
Using a NASA satellite rainfall product that incorporates data from satellites and observations, NASA estimated Nangka’s rainfall rates as the storm soaked Hainan Island, China early on Oct. 13 (EDT).
GPM satellite image of rainfall rates in Hurricane Delta

Update: Delta – Atlantic Ocean

10.09.2020
NASA’s satellite rainfall product that incorporates data from satellites and observations found that Hurricane Delta was bringing along heavy rainfall as it headed to the U.S. Gulf Coast
GPM satellite image of average precipitation rate of storms over Midwest

Thunderstorms Rumble over the Great Plains

10.07.2020
A nocturnal low-level jet stream brings large thunderstorms across the U.S. Midwest each summer.
Suomi NPP satellite image of Tropical Storm Norbert

Norbert – Eastern Pacific Ocean

10.06.2020
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Eastern Pacific Ocean and captured the birth of a depression that became Tropical Storm Norbert while Marie continued weakening while headed toward the Central Pacific.
Terra satellite visible image of Tropical Storm Chan-hom

Chan-hom – Northwestern Pacific Ocean

10.05.2020
NASA’s Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Tropical Storm Chan-hom as it continued moving though the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Animated gif of Terra satellite images of Tropical Storm Gamma

Gamma – Atlantic Ocean

10.05.2020
NASA’s Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Tropical Storm Gamma being battered by outside winds in the south central Gulf of Mexico.
GPM satellite infrared image of rainfall in Tropical Storm Marie

Marie – Eastern Pacific Ocean

09.30.2020
Tropical Storm Marie has formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and NASA satellite data helped confirm the strengthening of the storm.
Aqua satellite infrared image of Tropical Storm Kujira

Kujira – Northwestern Pacific Ocean

09.28.2020
NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Kujira using infrared light to determine the strength of the storm.
Aqua satellite infrared image of Tropical Storm Lowell

Lowell – Eastern Pacific Ocean

09.22.2020
NASA analyzed the cloud top temperatures in Tropical Storm Lowell using infrared light to determine the strength of the storm.
GPM satellite image of Tropical Storm Beta

Beta – Atlantic Ocean

09.21.2020
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided an infrared image of Tropical Depression 22 in the Gulf of Mexico during the early morning hours of Sept. 18. TD22 is expected to become a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Terra satellite image of Tropical Storm Dolphin

Dolphin – Northwestern Pacific Ocean

09.21.2020
NASA’s Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of recently formed Tropical Depression 14W as it strengthened into a tropical storm.
series of images above shows the abundance and distribution of black carbon

A Meeting of Smoke and Storms

09.19.2020
Satellites tracked smoke from wildfires as it spanned the continental United States and followed winds around two hurricanes.
Wilfred rainfall data overlaid on infrared imagery from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite.

Wilfred – Atlantic Ocean

09.18.2020
The list of hurricane names is officially used up with the development of the 23rd tropical cyclone of the year. Tropical Storm Wilfred just formed in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean today, Sept. 18.
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