NASA Satellites See Ocean Conditions in 3-D, Improve Forecasts
January 29 — Freighters, cruise lines, marine rescuers and coastal managers are among those who could benefit from prototype three-dimensional, three-day ocean condition forecasts created with the assistance of NASA satellite data, computer models and on-site ocean measurements. More

Pacific Dictates Droughts and Drenchings
January 28 — The cooler and drier conditions in Southern California over the last few years appear to be a direct result of a long-term ocean pattern known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), according to research presented at the 2004 meeting of the American Meteorological Society. More

NASA Satellites Improve Response to Global Agricultural Change
January 20 — NASA’s Earth satellite observing systems are helping the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) improve the accuracy and timeliness of information they provide about important crops around the world. More

From Neighborhoods to Globe, NASA Looks At Land
January 16 — Satellites and computers are getting so good, that now they can help study human activity on scales as local as ones own neighborhood, and may answer questions concerning how local conditions affect global processes, like water and energy cycles. More

NASA Satellite Surface Wind Data
January 14 — NASA's QuikSCAT satellite is providing meteorologists with accurate data on surface winds over the global oceans, leading to improved 2- to 5- day forecasts and weather warnings. The increased accuracy, already being used in hurricane forecasts, is bringing economic savings and a reduction in weather-related loss of life, especially at sea. More

A “Hot Tower” Above The Eye
January 12 — NASA scientists, using data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, have found “hot tower” clouds are associated with tropical cyclone intensification. More

Borax Minerals May Have Been Key to Start of Life on Earth
January 8 — Astrobiologists, supported by NASA, have announced a major advance in understanding how life may have originated on Earth billions of years ago. More

NASA'S New Studies of Earth's Seas, Skies and Soils
January 6 — They're carbonated, salty, and alternately wet and dry. Exotic champagnes? No, they're NASA's three Earth System Science Pathfinder small-satellite program missions: Orbiting Carbon Observatory, Aquarius and Hydros. More

El Niño-Related Fires Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions
January 5 — Year-to-year changes in concentration of carbon dioxide and methane, two important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, can be linked to fire activity associated with the El Niño-La Niña cycle, according to a study conducted by a team of NASA scientists and other researchers. More

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