He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center.

In 1962, on leave from the university, Singer was named as the first director of meteorological satellite services for the National Weather Satellite Center, now part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and directed a program for using satellites to forecast the weather.

Weather satellites were able to indicate the trend of climate change.

Weather satellites along with more general-purpose Earth-observing satellites circling the earth at various altitudes have become an indispensable tool for studying a wide range of phenomena from forest fires to El Niño.

* Weather satellites are primarily used to monitor Earth's weather and climate.

Weather satellites do not measure temperature directly but measure radiances in various wavelength bands.

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By receiving geomagnetic storm alerts and warnings ( e. g. by the Space Weather prediction Center ; via Space Weather satellites as SOHO or ACE ), power companies can minimize damage to power transmission equipment, by momentarily disconnecting transformers or by inducing temporary blackouts.

Weather satellites furnish the data necessary to provide early warnings of severe storms.

Weather satellites can be a tremendous asset in such situations.

Tornado warnings are generated via AWIPS then disseminated through various communication routes accessed by the media and various agencies, on the internet, to NOAA satellites, and on NOAA Weather Radio.

Here are some examples: Weather balloon technology has helped firefighters with its short-range radios ; aluminized Mylar in satellites has made sports equipment more insulated ; laser optics systems have transformed the camera industry and life detection missions on other planets help scientists find bacteria in contaminated food.

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In the 1960s Air Force Weather began assimilating weather data collected from meteorological satellites.

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During the 2006 European heat wave, Kalkar reached a high of 38. 6 ° C ( 101. 5 ° F ) on July 19, and a Weather Underground station in Nijmegen-Dukenburg reached a high of 38. 7 ° C ( 101. 7 ° F ), which, if accepted by the KNMI, would have been a record high for the Netherlands.

Subchannels carrying Weather Plus have moved to the Local AccuWeather Channel, kept the Weather Plus engine, or switched affiliations ( e. g., to This TV or the Retro Television Network ).

The " Flick and a Forecast " presentations have since been replaced by an additional hour of Weather Center and a two-hour block of long-form original programs.

The decision to show movie and series content related to weather has caused criticism from many viewers and those in the media, who have criticized The Weather Channel for deviating from its format of running weather information 24 hours a day to run more infotainment programming.

" Dish has chosen to be the first distributor to drop The Weather Channel rather than pay the standard industry rates others in the industry have already agreed to pay ", the Weather Channel said in a statement.

Weather radars are high resolution velocity radars, while air defense radars have a large range of velocity detection, but the accuracy in velocity is in the 10's of knots.

Reports from spotters and chasers are given to the National Weather Service so that they have ground truth information to warn the general public.

These have generally been joined together as if parts of the same work ; but they seem to be distinct poems, the first, called Phaenomena (" Appearances "), consists of 732 verses ; the second, Diosemeia (" On Weather Signs "), of 422 verses.

In recent times, these crocodiles have been found only on the Weather Coast in the south of the island, but during the Second World War, they were found along the north coast in the vicinity of the airstrip where the fighting was taking place, as evidenced by names such as Alligator Creek.

* Tony Laubach-Storm Chaser and Meteorologist who has been featured on the National Geographic Channel and as one of the featured Meteorologists with the TWISTEX team on Discovery Channel's " Storm Chasers "; his severe weather videos have been featured regularly on national television networks such as The Weather Channel, CNN, and ABC as well as local news stations across the country.

The tornado, which the National Weather Service indicates was on the ground for about a half hour, is estimated to have caused in excess of US $ 40 million in damages.

# Some artists, including Livin ' Joy, Wall of Voodoo, Crossfade, Head East, Yello, Modern English, and The Weather Girls, never had a top-40 pop hit, but did have a song that received considerable airplay, even long after its day of release.

The observatory makes prominent use of the slogan " Home of the World's Worst Weather ", a claim that originated with a 1940 article by Charles Brooks ( the man generally given the majority of credit for creating the Mount Washington Observatory ), titled " The Worst Weather In the World " ( even though the article concluded that Mt Washington most likely did not have the world's worst weather ).

Several other live and compilation albums have been released after the break-up of the band, and many of Weather Report's tracks appear on Various Artists albums.

For this reason, the goal of the National Weather Service ( NOAA / NWS ) is that each home should have both a smoke detector and a SAME weather radio.

The National Weather Service's cooperative weather stations in the mountains have included Black Mountain 2WSW – average annual rainfall, maximum annual rainfall, average annual snowfall, maximum annual snowfall ; Los Gatos 5SW – average annual rainfall, maximum annual rainfall, average snowfall, maximum annual snowfall ; and Wrights – average annual rainfall, maximum annual rainfall, average annual snowfall, maximum annual snowfall.

Since Carlton and London Weekend Television now use identical presentation and logos, the division between the London weekday and weekend franchises is now invisible, although the old LWT-now ITV1 ( London Weekends )-does have London Weekend Weather, which is sponsored by a different company to that of London Weekdays.

Weather modification can also have the goal of preventing damaging weather, such as hail or hurricanes, from occurring ; or of provoking damaging weather against an enemy or rival, as a tactic of military or economic warfare.

Keke ostensibly leads the Guadalcanal Liberation Front, but has been described as marauding bandit based on the isolated southwestern coast ( Weather Coast ) of Guadalcanal.

It has been suggested that Vice President Dick Cheney has been at Mount Weather from time to time, as it is the quintessential " secure undisclosed location ".

The original Weather Star technology has been upgraded on larger cable systems to the IntelliStar, including Vocal Local to announce the current conditions, weather bulletins, and the detailed local forecast.

WRF ( Weather Research and Forecasting Model ) is a mesoscale meteorological simulation code which has been developed under the collaboration among US institutions, including NCAR ( National Center for Atmospheric Research ) and NCEP ( National Centers for Environmental Prediction ).

Weather, particularly rain, has been an issue in years past, and is one of the reasons it has been switched to August.

Orrville has formerly been home to a division of Ingersoll-Rand Company, Volvo Heavy Truck, Crown-Steel, Orrville Bedding, Crystal Casket, Orrville Cottage Creamery, Orrville Milk Condensory, American Weather Seal, Spectrum Brands, Round Top Windows, Swartout Castings, Hagan Control, Mathias and Whitson concrete, Sanderson Cyclone Drill, Novelty Comb company, Military Stock Yards, Pennsylvania Rail Road repair center and depot, Coppers Wood Preservative Yards, Orrville Products, and Westinghouse.

In consequence, Weather Report has often been seen as a spin-off from the Miles Davis bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, although Zawinul was never part of Davis's touring line-up.

Ndugu had been well suited to Zawinul's funk approach and his reliability during the sessions had made this the first Weather Report album to feature a consistent rhythm section ( rather than a varied set of drummers, percussionists and bass players ) since their debut.

By now Weather Report was a quartet of Zawinul, Shorter, Pastorius and Erskine and ( for the first time ) had dispensed with the auxiliary percussionist role which had been integral since the band's inception.

Weather modification in warfare has been banned by the United Nations.

The Interactive Weather Information Network ( IWIN ) was an internet site operated by the NWS that has been superseded by the weather. gov site.

While generally respected as one of the premier weather organizations in the United States, the National Weather Service has been perceived by some, particularly commercial weather services such as AccuWeather, as competing unfairly with the private sector.

The film's music has been imitated by various artists, including Ministry in the track " Psalm 69 " from their album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, Cage Kennylz on " Weather People " and Atmosphere on " Bird Sings Why the Caged I Know ".

The US National Weather Service defines this as where the weather is sunny and clear, and above 21 ° C ( 70 ° F ), after there has been a sharp frost ; a period normally associated with late-October to mid-November.