While RapidScat measured the strength of Typhoon Dolphin’s winds, CloudSat captured a rare glimpse inside the storm’s eye.
Published May 24, 2015
Tropical cyclones can give rise to some of the highest-energy light occurring naturally on Earth.
Published Jun 21, 2017
Two storms in the Indian Ocean churned quite close to each other, but not close enough to tango.
Published Jan 29, 2015
Hurricane season was remarkably quiet in the North Atlantic, while the Western Pacific was as active and dangerous as ever.
Published Dec 7, 2013
Acquired December 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Abele over the southern Indian Ocean.
Published Dec 2, 2010
Four tropical systems churned simultaneously over the Pacific on September 2, 2015.
Published Sep 2, 2015
Abnormally warm ocean temperatures and a potential La Niña set the stage for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season.
Published Jul 17, 2020
The scenes of devastation and wreckage that these two hurricanes left behind were tragically similar, but the meteorology was very different.
Published Nov 6, 2012
What begins with T? Taal, Tolbachik, and trees amidst this tan terrain.
Published Jan 1, 2016
In the span of a week, the region has been hammered by back-to-back tropical cyclones.
Published May 23, 2018
The 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season broke record after record: most named storms, lowest pressure measured in the Atlantic, longest-lived December hurricane, and the list goes on. This image provides a summary of the season, with the track of each named storm marked in black. In all, 30 tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes formed in 2005. Of these, 26 were named storms, a status given to tropical storms and hurricanes.
Published Dec 17, 2005
A cyclone is a low-pressure area of winds that spiral inwards. Although tropical storms most often come to mind, these spiraling storms can also form at mid- and high latitudes. Two such cyclones formed in tandem in November 2006 near Icealand.
Published Jan 2, 2007
Tropical cyclones come in all sizes. Some researchers wonder if they saw a mini-typhoon drifting across the Pacific Ocean in mid-July 2013.
Published Jul 23, 2013
