http://www.tempsensornews.com TempSensorNEWS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:44:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/wind-chill-2012/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/wind-chill-2012/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:00:03 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8720 It’s Wind Chill time once again in the USA and most northern countries in the World (and for those in the Southern Hemisphere in about six months from now). Recent, below normal temperatures in the USA combined with more than usual wind speeds, have brought the Wind Chill phenomena to the forefront of most weather [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/wind-chill-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/exelis-to-provide-sensors-for-climate-measurement/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/exelis-to-provide-sensors-for-climate-measurement/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:45:17 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8486 Clifton NJ, USA- ITT Exelis  has received an additional $3.2 million award to produce satellite-based sensors that help measure precipitation around the world. Exelis sensors will be used on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) program, which, through an international network of satellites, observes and measures global rainfall and snowfall. These measurements advance the understanding of [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/exelis-to-provide-sensors-for-climate-measurement/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/arctic-watch-ios-released-second-largest-ice-melt-in-recorded-history/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/arctic-watch-ios-released-second-largest-ice-melt-in-recorded-history/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:45:07 +0000 prMac http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8465 Arctic Watch 1.98 for iOS is an interactive map of satellite photos that highlight the seasonal ice melt of the north and south pole. It utilizes the NASA Aqua satellite system to retrieve daily updates, and incorporate them into charts and animations that allow you to see trends extending back as far as 30 years. [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/arctic-watch-ios-released-second-largest-ice-melt-in-recorded-history/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/noaa-predicts-up-to-15-inches-of-rainfall-from-irene-for-ne-usa/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/noaa-predicts-up-to-15-inches-of-rainfall-from-irene-for-ne-usa/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:46:33 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7702 Irene’s winds may be decreasing but the rains from the storm will pose problems for cities along the Eastern Seaboard. More Images… NOAA’s latest Global Forecast System model run at 1200z shows the predicted accumulation of rainfall from August 26 – August 31, 2011. The heaviest areas are concentrated around the Outer Banks, where Irene [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/noaa-predicts-up-to-15-inches-of-rainfall-from-irene-for-ne-usa/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/deciphering-a-10000-year-old-weather-report/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/deciphering-a-10000-year-old-weather-report/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:00:01 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7662 Newswise — Geologists recently descended into caves on a small island in the middle of the South Pacific to try and gain a better understanding of weather patterns occurring as far back as 10,000 years ago. The researchers blogged about their experiences on the University of Alabama website at http://research.ua.edu/2011/07/caving-for-climate/ Led by Dr. Paul Aharon [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/deciphering-a-10000-year-old-weather-report/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/the-u-s-national-lightning-detection-network-database-nldn/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/the-u-s-national-lightning-detection-network-database-nldn/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:10:15 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7522 GCMD, USA —The National Lightning Detection Network, NLDN, consists of over 100 remote, ground-based sensing stations located across the United States that instantaneously detect the electromagnetic signals given off when lightning strikes the earth’s surface. These remote sensors send the raw data via a satellite-based communications network to the Network Control Center (NCC) operated by [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/the-u-s-national-lightning-detection-network-database-nldn/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/noaas-watch-warning-advisory-products-for-extreme-heat/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/noaas-watch-warning-advisory-products-for-extreme-heat/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:06:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7439 Each US National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office (WFO) can issue the following heat-related products as conditions warrant plus they publish information on the Heat Index: Excessive Heat Outlooks: are issued when the potential exists for an excessive heat event in the next 3-7 days. An Outlook provides information to those who need considerable [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/noaas-watch-warning-advisory-products-for-extreme-heat/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:42:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7382 Held Once per Decade – The Top Temperature Meeting in Los Angeles – March 2012 ITS9 – the International Temperature Symposium – A friendly reminder that we are just two days away from the July 15 deadline for ITS9 Abstracts. We’ll be sending out a bulk email reminder to our general mail list. Do you [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:06:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7238 Los Angeles USA | 19-23 March 2012 The Ninth International Temperature Symposium, ITS9, will be held in March of 2012, in conjunction with the Measurement Science Conference 2012, along with a combined technology exhibition. Sponsored by: Measurement Science Conference (MSC) and the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Proceedings published by: American Institute [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/paper-call-ninth-temp-symposium/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/nistindustry-temp-tracking-device-may-have-climate-metrology-uses/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/nistindustry-temp-tracking-device-may-have-climate-metrology-uses/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:20:22 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7203 Gaithersburg MD, USA –  National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are working to reduce the uncertainty associated with climate-change measurements using a mobile temperature-sensing technology made for tracking delicate or perishable, high-value packages in transit. Developed by international shipper FedEx and tested with help from NIST, the device connects to cell phone networks [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/nistindustry-temp-tracking-device-may-have-climate-metrology-uses/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-april-2011/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-april-2011/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 07:20:37 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7033 April was a month of historic climate extremes across much of the United States! April temperatures averaged below normal across the northwestern half of the country and above normal from the southern Plains to the Northeast, reflecting a westerly circulation that extended further south — but was stronger — than normal. The three states in [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-april-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/standards/nist-prototypes-framework-for-evaluating-sustainability-standards/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/standards/nist-prototypes-framework-for-evaluating-sustainability-standards/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 04:13:30 +0000 NIST EL News http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6959 Gaithersburg MD, USA –  As manufacturers and other businesses step up efforts to cut waste, reduce energy use and improve the overall sustainability of their products and processes, the number of planet-friendly standards and regulations also is increasing at a rapid clip, creating a sometimes-confusing array of options for “going green.” National Institute of Standards [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/standards/nist-prototypes-framework-for-evaluating-sustainability-standards/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/nasa-mission-rainfall-mystery/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/nasa-mission-rainfall-mystery/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 07:47:54 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6942 Huntsville AL, USA — Scientists from NASA and other organizations are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are carrying instruments above and into rain clouds. Meanwhile scientists are also getting rainfall measurements on the ground. [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/nasa-mission-rainfall-mystery/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-march-2011/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-march-2011/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:15:36 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6852 On a national scale, March ranked as the 39th warmest and 34th wettest March in the 1895-2011 record NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)* –  A westerly flow dominated the circulation with many weather systems and cold fronts moving in the flow. These systems produced 115 preliminary reports of tornadoes and over 1000 hail and [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-march-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-feb-2011/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-feb-2011/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:47:39 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6639 Climate Highlights – February * During the month’s first half, a southward-plunging polar jet stream held temperatures as much as 15 °F below normal in much of the Central and Southern United States. Warm tropical air advanced northward across these regions during the second half of the month, and average temperatures reversed to nearly 15 [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-weather-summary-feb-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/us-january-2011-the-coolest-since-1994/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/us-january-2011-the-coolest-since-1994/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:48:36 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6504 NOAA Reports: U.S. Cooler & Much Drier than Normal in January Last month was the coolest January since 1994, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. Across the contiguous United States, the average January temperature was 30.0 ° F, which is 0.8 °F below the 1901-2000 average. And despite [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/us-january-2011-the-coolest-since-1994/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/nasa-satellite-captured-ir-image-of-u-s-big-chill/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/nasa-satellite-captured-ir-image-of-u-s-big-chill/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:40:38 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6496 BRRRR! Pasadena CA, USA –  The current winter storm system that blasted much of the United States is depicted in this new NASA satellite image from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite. The image, a composite of AIRS data swaths taken on Feb. 1, 2011, highlights the preponderance of cold air [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/nasa-satellite-captured-ir-image-of-u-s-big-chill/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/global-temp-records-in-close-agreement/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/global-temp-records-in-close-agreement/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:13:59 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6266 Despite Subtle Differences Groups of scientists from several major institutions – NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Met Office Hadley Centre in the United Kingdom – tally data collected by temperature monitoring stations spread around the world and make an announcement about [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/global-temp-records-in-close-agreement/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/2010-global-temps-precip/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/2010-global-temps-precip/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:27:04 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6260 Global Highlights From NCDC For 2010, the combined global land and ocean surface temperature tied with 2005 as the warmest such period on record, at 0.62 °C (1.12 °F) above the 20th century average of 13.9 °C (57.0 °F). 1998 is the third warmest year-to-date on record, at 0.60 °C (1.08 °F) above the 20th [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/2010-global-temps-precip/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/dec-2010-us-temps-precip/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/dec-2010-us-temps-precip/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:45:20 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6253 From the “State of the Climate – National Overview – December 2010″ report (www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2010/12) of the USA’s National Climatic Data Center, a department of NOAA. A strong west-to-east flow in the jet stream circulation characterized the weather pattern over the contiguous United States for December 2010. Deep low pressure systems developed in this flow, resulting [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/dec-2010-us-temps-precip/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/cocorahs-in-50-states-dc/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/cocorahs-in-50-states-dc/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:03:18 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6195 The saying “Rain doesn’t fall the same on all” really proves to be true. CoCoRaHS has expanded across the country at a rapid pace over the past few years and is now in all fifty states. When you have the chance please tell a friend or neighbor about this exciting grassroots effort to measure precipitation [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/cocorahs-in-50-states-dc/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-climate-overview-nov-2010/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-climate-overview-nov-2010/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:10:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6123 From NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Temperature Highlights November temperatures, when averaged across the contiguous United States, were near-normal, 0.8 ºF (0.4  ºC) above the 1901-2000 average. The combined average temperatures for the fall season (September-November) was 1.5 ºF (0.8 ºC) above normal. Warmer-than-normal conditions were scattered about the Great Lakes region and a [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-climate-overview-nov-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/wmo-2001-2010-warmest-10-year-period/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/wmo-2001-2010-warmest-10-year-period/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:59:10 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6036 2010 in The Top 3 Warmest Years Cancun/Geneva (WMO) — The year 2010 is almost certain to rank in the top 3 warmest years since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global combined sea surface and land surface air temperature for [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/wmo-2001-2010-warmest-10-year-period/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/vaisala-lightning-detection-system-for-russia/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/vaisala-lightning-detection-system-for-russia/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:26:07 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=5928 Lightning Detection System to Improve Reliability of Electricity Transmission Vaisala provides a lightning detection system to an electricity transmission network in southern Russia to help minimize power outages caused by lightning strikes. The project is part of a large electricity transmission modernization program for the Russian national grid. Here’s a Vaisala video that tells more [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/vaisala-lightning-detection-system-for-russia/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-temp-precip-highlights-october-ytd/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-temp-precip-highlights-october-ytd/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:37:00 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=5911 Temperature Highlights – October The average temperature for October was 56.9 degrees F (13.8 ° C), which is 2.1 °F (1.2 °C) above the 1901-2000 average, the eleventh warmest on record in the United States. Warmer-than-normal conditions prevailed throughout the western U.S. and into the Midwest. Of the nine climate regions, none had below normal [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/usa-temp-precip-highlights-october-ytd/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/tropical-stormin-nasa-satellite-imagery/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/tropical-stormin-nasa-satellite-imagery/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:48:36 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=5836 Anggrek is tightly wrapped in NASA satellite imagery Caption: This infrared image of Tropical Storm Anggrek was captured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite on Nov. 3 at 07:05 UTC (3:05 a.m. EDT). Strong, cold, high thunderstorm cloud tops (purple) circled the storm’s center of circulation. Credit: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen NASA/Goddard [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/tropical-stormin-nasa-satellite-imagery/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/ytd-global-temp-ties-for-warmest-on-record/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/ytd-global-temp-ties-for-warmest-on-record/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:59:39 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=5725 Arctic sea ice reaches its third lowest minimum extent on record Temperature Anomalies, September 2010 High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) Asheville NC, USA — The first nine months of 2010 tied with the same period in 1998 for the warmest combined land and ocean surface temperature on record. The global average land surface temperature for January-September [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/ytd-global-temp-ties-for-warmest-on-record/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/temps-of-yellowstones-hot-springs/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/temps-of-yellowstones-hot-springs/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:03:23 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=5660 Yellowstone Temperature Logger Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior/USGS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK WY, USA. — A new sensor network installed in Yellowstone National Park this summer will provide scientists and the public near “real-time” data on what’s happening in one of the nation’s most active geyser basins. The network, operated by the U.S. [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/temps-of-yellowstones-hot-springs/feed/ 0