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Hurricanes are the most awesome, violent storms on Earth. People call these storms by other names, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where they occur. Whatever they are called, tropical cyclones all form the same way.

2014 Master Teachers: Bill Meyers

Primary Topic:

All Topics

Type:

Basic Page

Summary:

Bill has been teaching Middle School science for 29 years.

Living in a Freshwater World

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Water & Life, Weather, Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Floods, World Health

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, General

Standards:

ESS2.A, ESS3.A, ETS2.A

Summary:

This interactive lesson will allow you to explore Earth’s freshwater resources. You will learn how NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission is helping us better understand our most valuable natural resource.

GCPEx Snow Campaign Wrap-Up

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather

Type:

Video

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12

Standards:

ESS2.A

Keywords:

snowfall, field campaigns, algorithms, GCPEx, ground validation, Ontario

Summary:

A summary of the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment, which took place in January and February 2012 in Ontario, Canada.

Hurricane / Tropical Cyclones: Technologies

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Weather and Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing

Type:

Website

Audience:

Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12

Keywords:

hurricanes, GPS, airborne science, altimitry

Standards:

ESS2.A

Summary:

This website explores the technologies used to study and understand tropical cyclones.

Towers in the Tempest

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle, Remote Sensing

Type:

Video

Audience:

Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS2.A

Keywords:

hurricanes, hot towers, TRMM, low pressure

Summary:

'Towers in the Tempest' is a 4.5 minute narrated animation that explains recent scientific insights into how hurricanes intensify. This intensification can be caused by a phenomenon called a 'hot tower'.

Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat

Temperature data showing difference between winter and summer.

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Earth Systems, Water & Life, Weather, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Video

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8

Standards:

ESS2.A, ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ESS3.A

Keywords:

monsoons, India, temperature, windspeed, soil moisture, SMAP

Summary:

The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before.

Unmanned NASA Storm Sentinels set for Hurricane Study

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Weather and Climate, Remote Sensing

Type:

Article

Audience:

Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12

Keywords:

airplane, aeronautics, UAV, sensors, hurricanes

Summary:

NASA will dispatch two unmanned aircraft equipped with specialized instruments high above tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean basin. These "severe storm sentinels" will investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change.