State-of-the-art weather instruments developed by University of New Hampshire researchers have been launched into outer space.The equipment was launched into space aboard a rocket carrying a NASA ...

Being right in the middle of technology news, I’m always surprised by the creativity of engineers who make the world around us move. iPads make their way into operation rooms, educational systems are ...

Students ask me this question a lot at local career days throughout the school year: “Miss... (pointing at the anemometer I have up on the screen), what does THAT thing do?” It typically leads to a ...

HAVE COME FROM A QUARRY THAT WAS BLASTING DOWN THE ROAD. WE’RE KEEPING TABS ON A MAJOR SPACE LAUNCH AS UNH PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING SPACE WEATHER’S IMPACT ON EARTH. DOZENS OF UNH ENGINEERS, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Meteorologists use many different instruments to observe and forecast the weather. Some sit at the surface… others remain far above the ground, all are important in knowing and ...

Launched Tuesday to the space station, the COWVR and TEMPEST two instruments could lead the way to big improvements in gathering key information for weather forecasting. The Compact Ocean Wind Vector ...

This artist's concept shows the new Weather System Follow-on – Microwave satellite Ball Aerospace is building for the U.S. Air Force under a contract awarded in November. It includes a passive ...

This map, made using COWVR’s new observations, shows Earth’s microwave emissions at a frequency that provides information on the strength of winds at the ocean surface, the amount of water in clouds, ...

THIS handy little work is intended chiefly for amateurs, but it includes descriptions of instruments required for a “second-order” station, while difficulties which the author thinks are apt to “scare ...

A THERMOMETER: measures the air temperature. Most thermometers are closed glass tubes containing liquids such as alcohol or mercury. When air around the tube heats the liquid, the liquid expands and ...