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Data from this mode of the mission was used to improve the accuracy of other satellite surface wind datasets by inter-calibrating other Ku-band scatterometers. QuikSCAT measured winds in measurement swaths 1,800 km wide centered on the satellite ground track with no nadir gap, such as occurs with fan-beam scatterometers such as NSCAT. Because ...
With the advent of the satellite came better and more accurate weather tracking. The first satellites sent into space to monitor the weather were known as Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS). In 1961, Hurricane Esther was the first hurricane to be "discovered" through satellite readings. [4]
Organizations around the world use WorldWind to monitor weather patterns, visualize cities and terrain, track vehicle movement, analyze geospatial data and educate humanity about the Earth." It was first developed by NASA in 2003 for use on personal computers and then further developed in concert with the open source community since 2004.
From powerful hurricanes and tornadoes to drought-busting storms and the deadliest wildfire in the United States in more than a century, here are the most unforgettable weather events of 2023 ...
Recently, the wind speeds were re-examined and adjusted to a maximum official wind speed of 321 mph (516.6 km/h). [312] A DOW calculation of a subvortice of the 2013 El Reno tornado was estimated in a range of 257–336 mph (414–541 km/h) in 2024. [313]
Isotach maps, analyzing lines of equal wind speed, [3] on a constant pressure surface of 300 or 250 hPa show where the jet stream is located. Use of constant pressure charts at the 700 and 500 hPa level can indicate tropical cyclone motion.
Strongest U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones† Rank Name‡ Season Wind speed mph km/h 1 "Labor Day" 1935: 185 295 2 Karen: 1962: 175 280 Camille: 1969: Yutu: 2018: 5 Andrew: 1992: 165 270
Some of the strongest high-altitude winds ever recorded gave commercial flights over the mid-Atlantic Saturday a supersonic boost of speed. According to the National Weather Service office in the ...