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Cyclone Nargis spirals over the Bay of Bengal between India to the west and Myanmar to the east
02.21.24 - Exploring Past and Future Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal with NASA High-End Computing
Leveraging NASA High-End Computing resources, a team of NASA and university scientists undertook a study of past and future tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal — some of the most devastating natural events on Earth.
Map of potential vorticity at the 850-K potential temperature surface (approximately 30 km above the Earth’s surface) and geopotential height near the tropopause (red contours) on 5 January 2024
02.14.24 - GMAO Science Snapshots Shine Light on El Niño and Sudden Stratospheric Warming
The NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) January 2024 El Niño seasonal forecast predicts a progressive cooling of sea surface temperatures heading into spring and continuing into early autumn while the GMAO numerical weather prediction model depicts a sudden stratospheric warning event in January 2024. GMAO forecasting systems run at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS).
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01.26.24 - Apply Now for the 2024 NASA GPU Hackathon: Deadline June 5
It’s not too early to apply for the 2024 NASA GPU Hackathon, to be held on September 10 and September 17–19. Whether your code is a traditional high-performance computing-centric application or if your goal focuses on artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies, please apply to participate in this event!
Six ‘sub-Neptune’ exoplanets in rhythmic orbits around their star
01.16.24 - TESS Researchers Discover Six-Planet System Using New Algorithms
An international group of scientists have recently uncovered a remarkable system of six exoplanets from data collected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Their years of planetary detective work—which began with light curve processing on the Pleiades supercomputer at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility—was detailed in a paper published in Nature.
GEOS-Exp 4km model snowfall forecast with 30-hour snowfall total
01.04.24 - GEOS Model Outputs for Early Season Snowfall in the Northeast US
Model outputs from GEOS-FP 12-kilometer (km) and GEOS-Exp 4-km depict an early season snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States on December 11, 2023. GEOS models run at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS).
Image composite from Landsat 8 data showing a phytoplankton bloom (green and blue swirls) near the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea
12.27.23 - NAS Science Gives the Gift of Insight in 2023
These 19 fabulous projects led by the NAS Division’s gifted scientists and engineering gurus are making things safer for Earthlings and future human and robotic space explorers!

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