State-of-the-art weather instruments developed by University of New Hampshire researchers have been launched into outer space.The equipment was launched into space aboard a rocket carrying a NASA ...

The COWVR instrument (center, wrapped in gold foil) in JPL's Environmental Test Laboratory during vibration testing. (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/) The International ...

Launched Tuesday to the space station, the COWVR and TEMPEST two instruments could lead the way to big improvements in gathering key information for weather forecasting. The Compact Ocean Wind Vector ...

Provides 3X spectral coverage; 4X resolution; 5X faster than previous generation of satellites Strengthens NOAA’s environmental and weather monitoring Heralds next generation of weather satellite ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Meteorologists use many different instruments to observe and forecast the weather. Some sit at the surface… others remain far above the ground, all are important in knowing and ...

This map, made using COWVR’s new observations, shows Earth’s microwave emissions at a frequency that provides information on the strength of winds at the ocean surface, the amount of water in clouds, ...

This artist's concept shows the new Weather System Follow-on – Microwave satellite Ball Aerospace is building for the U.S. Air Force under a contract awarded in November. It includes a passive ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A weather vane is an instrument used to show the direction the wind is blowing from. It is one of the simplest weather instruments created and it has been used since ancient times. The ...