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NASA captures storm Leslie and hurricane Michael
Satellite images from two NASA satellites were combined to create a full picture of Tropical Storm Leslie and Hurricane Michael spinning in the Atlantic Ocean. Imagery from Aqua and Terra satellites...
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NASA satellites show "hot towers" of Hurricane Isaac
Two hours before Hurricane Isaac made landfall on 28 August 2012, a satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above the storm used a radar instrument to map its inner structure. The instrument on the...
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Canadian Space Agency supports Caribbean Satellite Disaster Pilot
The Canadian Space Agency, in close cooperation with the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), continues to be a major contributor to the Caribbean SatelliteDisaster Pilot (CSDP), which is...
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International Charter activated for Hurricane Sandy
The International Charter: Space and Major Disasters was activated twice in the context of Hurricane Sandy - the largest Atlantic tropical storm system on record. UNITAR/UNOSAT on behalf of UNOCHA...
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NASA satellites capture Tropical Storm Chantal over the Atlantic
Two NASA satellites have recently captured images of the Tropical Storm Chantal over the Atlantic Ocean revealing heavy rainfall and powerful thunderstorms. On July 8, NASA’s Tropical Rainfall...
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Offshore wind farms could weaken hurricane power
A recent study conducted by Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Stanford University, Cristina Archer and Willett Kempton of the University of Delaware, shows...
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NASA satellites track Hurricane Arthur from Space
Several satellites kept track and monitored Hurricane Arthur from the initial phases to the development of a Hurricane and to a post-tropical storm.On 29 June 2014, a low-pressure area in the center...
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National Hurricane Center: Decisive tools for storm surge preparedness
Some days before Hurricane Arthur hit North Carolina coast on 4 July 2014, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) posted a forecast map on their web site, enhancing preparedness for the storm surge....
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New NASA instrument for rapid hurricane response and marine forecasting
The International Space Station-Rapid Scatterometer (ISS-RapidScatt) was installed on 1 October 2014 as a means to improve the global monitoring of ocean winds.NASA's latest Earth observing enterprise...
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International Charter activated for Hurricane Gonzalo in Bermuda
The International Charter: Space and Major Disasters was activated on 15 October 2014 to provide satellite-based information on Hurricane Gonzalo in Bermuda. The mechanism was activated by UK Cabinet...
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NASA Hurricane Resources Available for the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season takes place every year from the 1st of June to the 30th of November . This year, activity in the Atlantic basin began unusually early with the development of Hurricane...
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Hurricane Hermine gets closer to Florida
On the 1 September 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration caught this image of Hurricane Hermine...
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Hurricane Matthew strikes the Caribbean
Matthew, currently a category 4 hurricane, has already impacted Haiti, a country still recovering from a devastating earthquake on 2010; as well as the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. According to the...
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