Weather advisories were in effect for parts of the West Coast this week as powerful atmospheric rivers barreled in from the Pacific Ocean. Satellite images from the National Oceanic and ...

NASA Worldview's dramatic satellite images show the storm in a well-defined swirling system along the Pacific coast. There is a ... has contacted the National Weather Service (NWS) for comment.

For example, the 2002 oil spill off the northwest coast of Spain was watched carefully by the European ENVISAT, which, though not a weather satellite, flies an instrument (ASAR) which can see ...