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2006 Tropical Cyclone Season for the Philippines

The Philippines have experienced another busy but typical year in terms of tropical cyclone activity.

NASA Technology Peels Apart Tropical Storm Gert's Insides

Scientists want to know how a tropical cyclone develops from a weak tropical depression into a tropical storm.

NASA Aircraft Captures Windy Details in Hurricane's Ups and Downs

New NASA research using sophisticated weather research tools is shedding new light on the nature of tropical storms.

Landsat Provides Post-Katrina and Rita Land Change Estimates for Louisiana Coast

A new analysis of land change data from Landsat indicates that 217 square miles of Louisiana's coastal lands were transformed to water after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

NASA Looks at Sea Level Rise, Hurricane Risks to New York City

NASA's study of rising sea levels, hurricane storm surge and their potential effects on New York City will be presented at a science meeting.

NASA's Live Tropical Seas Surface Temperature Website Gives Climate, Hurricane Clues

NASA has a new web page that provides frequent updates on changing ocean temperatures and may help predict severe weather.

NASA Launches Hurricane Data Portal for Scientists, Educators, and Application Users

The new Hurricane web portal is designed for viewing and studying hurricanes with a variety of measurements from satellite-based NASA instruments.

NASA Technology Captures Massive Hurricane Waves

NASA research is helping to increase knowledge about the behavior of hurricane waves.

TRMM Tracks 2006 Hurricane Rainfall

NASA scientists are using satellite data from its rain gauge in space, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission to help provide rain measurements from hurricanes.

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What Is It Like to Be on a NASA Hurricane Mission?

Scientists are using airplanes, sensors, radar, computer modeling programs and NASA satellites to better understand hurricanes.

NASA Looks Back at Katrina One Year Later

The 2005 hurricane season will long be remembered both for the record-breaking number of storms and a devastating hurricane named Katrina.

Hurricane-Ready Sea Surface Temperatures

In early August, forecasters at NOAA revised downward slightly their early-season predictions of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.

An Active Florida Hurricane Season Adds to Red Tide

Scientists used NASA satellites, ships, and buoys from NOAA to study and track red tide.

Africa Mission Investigates Hurricanes

Scientists from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, universities and international agencies will study how winds and dust conditions from Africa influence the birth of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

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NASA Goddard Scientists Head to Africa to Study Birth of Hurricanes

Scientists from NASA will journey to the West African coast this August in a month-long expedition to see how hurricanes are born.

Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures in July

Forecasters are actively monitoring the 'vital signs' of the ocean as the hurricane season progresses.

NASA Finds Intense Lightning Activity Around a Hurricane's Eye

Scientists have studied lightning activity in hurricanes and have come up with some interesting results.

Watch NASA Plot Hurricanes Throughout the Season

Initial Conditions for the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Satellite Sees Chlorophyll Stirred up by Hurricane Katrina

Wind and wave action from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 stirred up sediments and chlorophyll off the Florida coast.

Hurricane Cloud Tops Give Windy Clues

NASA finding that cloud tops provide clues about the behavior of winds below a hurricane on the Earth's surface.

NASA Hurricane Specialist Joanne Simpson Honored by American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Joanne Simpson became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 24.

Good News on La Niña and Hurricanes

Good News! La Niña not expected to increase the number of hurricanes this season.

NASA Takes Apart a Tropical Storm

NASA researchers are trying to figure out what makes hurricanes tick.

NASA Data Combined to Improve Models on Hurricane Landfalls

Data gathered from last year's NASA hurricane research have improved hurricane forecasts in computer models.

New NASA Hurricane Posters Blow Onto the Web

Two new informative hurricane posters are now online at the NASA Web Portal.

2005: A Hurricane Season 'On Edge'

The 2005 hurricane season was one for the record books.

NASA Post-Hurricane Katrina Images Available On Google Earth

Using Google Earth's software on the Internet, people can see the before and after affects, thanks to detailed images from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Satellites Unlock Hurricane Lili's Sudden Death

Satellites discover the hidden mysteries of Hurricane Lili.

NASA Satellite Catches a Hurricane Transforming Itself

A NASA satellite was able to see Hurricane Ophelia in 2005 rebuild the clouds and rains around its open “eye” of the storm.