The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Components (Atlas et al. 1996[1], 2008[2], 2009[3], 2011[4]) time series has been extended through 31 December 2010. This additional year of data extends the CCMP climate data record (CDR) to 23.5 years, starting on 1 July 1987. Due to the loss of QuikSCAT's ability to retrieve wind vectors since 22 November 2009, the CCMP analysis through 2010 does not assimilate scatterometer vector wind data. Additionally, SSM/I data from DMSP F13 has been unavailable ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- HURRICANE IRENE Irene formed as a tropical storm east of the Leeward Islands on August 20, 2011. By August 22, the storm had strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51830&src=nha *** (TRMM) image from Aug 22, 2011 (Posted on Aug 22, 2011 5:49 PM) * http://earthobservato ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 44 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:14:21 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL August 22, 2011 Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M11-174 NASA TELEVISION TO AIR SPACE STATI ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2011 Aug 23 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 235 Issued at 0030Z on 23 Aug 2011 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 22/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1271 N17W16 060 0280 Ekc 11 28 Beta-Gamma 1272 S21W08 052 0060 Dsi 06 11 Beta 1274 N ...Continue Reading

*Here is a conference coming up soon that may interest some readers of this listserv.*                -Steve Garber                NASA History Program Office  *From:* U.S. Naval Institute [mailto:newsletters@usni.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:32 AM*To:* Garber, Stephen J. (HQ-NH000)*Subject:* Register Now for the 2011 History Conference   ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2011 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov Enidia Santiago-Arce/Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-8497/4044 enidia.santiago-arce@nasa.gov/ robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-273 NASA AND TOR-FORGE BOOKS PARTNER IN THEMED SCIENCE FICTION WORKS GREENBELT, Md. -- In an effort to introduce, inform and inspire readers about NASA, the agency's Goddard Space Flight ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2011 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-176 NASA AERONAUTICS IS FOCUS OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ROUNDTABLE WASHINGTON -- NASA officials will meet with aeronautics industry, academia, and government leaders Aug. 25 to kick off a series of roundtable discussions about future directions for aeronautics research and technology. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will address the participants. The roundtable is spo ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@jpl.nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-175 NASA HOSTS NEWS CONFERENCE ON UPCOMING MISSION TO MOON WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT, on Thursday Aug. 25, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. Scheduled to launch Sept. 8, GRAIL will help answer longstanding questions ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN INDIA AND BANGLADESH Heavy rains caused floods in parts of India and Bangladesh in July 2011. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51822&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Aug 20, 2011 (Posted on Aug 21, 2011 4:31 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PUYEHUE-CORDó ...Continue Reading

Aug. 22, 2011 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-272 COMMUNICATIONS, NAVIGATION AND IN-SPACE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES SELECTED FOR NASA FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected three proposals as Technology Demonstration Missions to transform space communications, deep space navigation and in-space propulsion capabilities. The projects will develop and fly a space solar sail, deep space atomic clock, and space-based optical communications ...Continue Reading