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NASA QuikScat observed a rare tropical cyclone in the northern part of the Arabian Sea, threatening the petroleum...
The SeaWinds instrument on NASA Quick Scatterometer QuikScat spacecraft captured these near-real-time backscatter...
This image shows wind speeds and direction in the Atlantic Ocean on August 1, 1999, gathered by NASA Seawinds radar...
This image shows wind speeds and direction in the Pacific Ocean on August 1, 1999, gathered by NASA Seawinds radar...
The scope and extent of the strong Santa Ana wind event in Southern California the week of Oct. 21, 2007, is visible...
NASA QuikScat satellite acquired this image of Category One Typhoon Fitow on Sept. 6, 2007, prior to the storm...
When NASA Quick Scatterometer QuikScat captured this image on July 13, 2005, Emily was just a few hours away from...
The SeaWinds scatterometer aboard NASA QuikScat satellite collected the data used to create this colorful image of...
NASA SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat satellite shows winds are blocked by an island mountain barrier on South...
The frequent coverage provided by NASA SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat satellite in 1999 provided unprecedented...
Nearly the whole of the Gulf of Mexico was churning with the powerful winds and rains of Hurricane Katrina on August...
Wildfires are a recurring natural hazard faced by Californians. In Santa Barbara County, a wildfire, called the...
Typhoon Haitang is shown here churning steadily towards Taiwan and China. This image shows the storm swirling wind...
The figure demonstrates of the capability of the SeaWinds instrument on NASA QuikScat satellite in monitoring both...
This image, produced from data collected by the SeaWinds scatterometer instrument onboard NASA QuikScat mission...
The SeaWinds scatterometer on NASA QuikScat satellite makes global radar measurements day and night, in clear sky...
NASA QuikScat satellite instrument kept an eye on an iceberg the size of Rhode Island, the first time this space...
The distribution of ocean surface winds over the Atlantic Ocean, based on September 1999 data from NASA SeaWinds...
High-resolution ocean surface wind data from NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) illustrate the strength of Santa...
The SeaWinds instrument onboard NASA new QuikScat ocean-viewing satellite captured this image of Hurricane Dora in...
The above images, derived from NASA QuikScat satellite data, show the extensive pattern of rain water deposited by...
A ferry carrying more than 600 passengers sank in the Java Sea between the island of Java and Borneo just before...
There has been considerable interest in the recent state of Arctic sea ice for scientific research and for...
Tropical Storm Katrina is shown here as observed by NASA QuikScatsatellite on August 25, 2005, at 08:37 UTC 4:37...