QuikSCAT Stories
Disaster Management: Rapid Dry-Up of Rainwater on Land Surface Leading to the Santa Barbara Wildfire
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In Santa Barbara County, a wildfire, called the Jesusita fire, ignited on May 5, 2009 in the Cathedral Peak area northwest of Mission Canyon. Data is from NASA's QuikScat satellite.
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Recent State of Arctic Sea Ice
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This pair of sea ice maps was derived from radar data from NASA's QuikScat satellite scatterometer during September, 2008 showing the Arctic Sea along the Northern Sea Route and the Northwest Passage.
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NASA’s QuikScat Maps Southern California’s Destructive Santa Ana Winds
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The scope and extent of the strong Santa Ana wind event in Southern California the week of Oct. 21, 2007, is visible in this image from NASA's QuikScat satellite.
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