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NASA Hurricane Links

> National Hurricane Center
> NASA's Emergency Operations Center
> FEMA's Updates During Disasters

> Sea surface temperature site
> Satellite hurricane data for Scientists
> NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities (NAMMA) Mission
> Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
> TRMM: Flood potential models
> TRMM: Prev. week of global rainfall
> TRMM: Prev. 3 hours of global rainfall
> Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission
> Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-4)
> MAP '06 -- Modeling, Analysis and Predication program
> NASA hurricane data products
> Earth Observatory severe storms Web page

NOAA Hurricane Links

> Katrina images at NOAA
> NOAA Hurricane Hunters site
> NOAA Hurricane Preparedness site
> NOAA Hurricane Research Division
> About hurricane names
> NOAA Satellite Service Division (SSD)
> NOAA Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB)

Overview

Five Things About Hurricanes

07.01.09

JPL scientist Bjorn Lambrigtsen, who goes on hurricane watch every June, gives five thoughts and factoids about hurricane research.

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QuikScat Finds Tempests Brewing In 'Ordinary' Storms

QuikScat image of a mature North Atlantic extratropical cyclone from December 1, 2004.

06.29.09

"June is busting out all over," as the song says, and with it, U.S. residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts begin to gaze warily toward the ocean, aware that the hurricane season is revving up.

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NASA Debuts the 2008 Hurricane Season in On-line Video

Title still for movie of the 2008 hurricanes

06.29.09

See the tracks of 2008 storms from Arthur to Paloma from birth to death.

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Research News

NASA Debuts the 2008 Hurricane Season in On-line Video

See the tracks of 2008 storms from Arthur to Paloma from birth to death.
QuikScat Finds Tempests Brewing In 'Ordinary' Storms

"June is busting out all over," as the song says, and with it, U.S. residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts begin to gaze warily toward the ocean, aware that the hurricane season is revving up.
JPL Wind Watcher Blows Into its Second Decade

Since its launch a decade ago, QuikScat has advanced Earth science research and helped improve environmental predictions using measurements of global radar backscatter from Earth's ocean, land and ice surfaces.
Follow Ocean Trends From With NASA’s 'Sea Level Viewer'

Internet users can access ocean heat data by using the Sea Level Viewer, an interactive visualization tool developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA AND NOAA’S GOES-O Satellite Ready For Launch

NASA is preparing for the launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O (GOES-O) from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Forecasters: Cooler Sea Might Dampen Hurricane Season

Summer soon begins in the Northern Hemisphere and, on June 1st, the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off. What can we expect?
Experiment May Help Forecast Deadly Cyclones

NASA satellite data and a new modeling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop.