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NASA Images Show Anatomy of Pakistan Flood Disaster
A series of new NASA satellite images provides useful perspectives on the origins, extent and effects of the massive flooding devastating large parts of Pakistan.
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Send in the Clouds
Clouds, our fluffy friends in the sky, are essential to life on Earth. They're also not unique to our planet. Scientists ponder the role of clouds in our universe.
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NASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change
New findings from NASA's CloudSat and other spacecraft in NASA's "A-Train" constellation of five Earth observing satellites offer important insights into this year's record reduction of Arctic sea ice, global rainfall patterns and the effects of pollution on clouds.
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Improving Estimates of a Hurricane's Punch
As Tropical Storm Noel churns off Florida's east coast, NASA and university scientists have announced they have developed a promising new technique for estimating the intensity of tropical cyclones from space.
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First Images From NASA'S Cloudsat Have Scientists Sky-High
The first images from NASA's new CloudSat satellite are already revealing never-before-seen 3-D details about clouds.
Mission Features
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Forecast Sunny as Cloud Mission Celebrates One Year
04.26.07 - A year after launch, NASA's CloudSat mission is providing insights into how clouds form, evolve and affect our weather, climate and freshwater supply.
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CloudSat Scientist Paints Picture of the Sky
12.13.05 - As a scientist and an artist, Graeme Stephens strives to paint an accurate picture of clouds.
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CloudSat Project Manager Tom Livermore
09.02.05 - Students of Shotokan Karate learn to penetrate through an opponent. JPL's Tom Livermore, a first-degree black belt, uses this same technique in the art of managing the CloudSat mission.
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CALIPSO and CloudSat: Dancing Around Earth
02.25.05 - NASA's launch of two new satellites will add a fresh rhythm to the skies.