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TRMM passed over tropical cyclone Magda on January 21 at 1927 UTC (2:27 p.m. ET) when it was off Western Australia's northern coast and soon to make landfall TRMM captured a look at its rainfall and cloud heights.
Read MoreBy mid-January 2010, several weeks of heavy rain had destroyed homes, crops, pastures, roads, and bridges in Tanzania.
Read MoreSpace Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq:LORL) has announced that a satellite that the Company built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was retired after serving the organization for 12 years, more than twice its required mission life.
Read MoreAlthough the center of Tropical Cyclone Laurence has been over land for two days, it's still holding together and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the northern coastal areas of West Australia.
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] announced GOES-14 (formerly GOES-O), the second satellite in a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed on-orbit testing and been accepted into service.
Read MoreEUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 68th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on December 1st through 2nd.
Read MoreWeatherPredict Consulting, Inc.(WeatherPredict) will provide the IPAD/Office of Global Analysis/FAS/USDA with weekly updates of surface wetness, surface temperature and snow cover for various global crop regions.
Read MoreNOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco would like your help on December 2nd to help her chart NOAA’s future.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch a new environmental satellite on November 2nd — the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission will measure soil moisture over the Earth's landmasses and salinity over the oceans.
Read MoreThe UN food agency has announced it will make available satellite imaging free to developing countries to underpin avoided deforestation efforts, while a partnership of governments and space agencies announces a new system to produce comprehensive annual assessments of global forest changes.
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