22690 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://phys.org/news/2015-02-trmm-gpm-satellites-rainfall-typhoon.htmlOn Feb. 9, 2015 GPM's GMI measured rain falling at a rate of over 35.5 mm (1.3 inches) southwest of the center of circulation. Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite and the Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM core satellites can calculate....Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:19:00 +0100phys-b0805c182cc1a38355be6ec4aa7837b220150210201900http://phys.org/news/2015-02-image-dot-southeastern-states.htmlIn Georgia specifically, have broken out due to high winds , low humidity and a lot of fuel present which are the perfect combinations for a brush fire to ignite. This happens to be the case in DeKalb, Georgia. Other fires seen in this image may be prescribed fires set to manage the upcoming fire season.Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:08:00 +0100phys-9652f9b5080c13bfe2d1bb54c195f62420150210150800http://phys.org/news/2015-02-suomi-npp-infrared-typhoon-higos.htmlOn Feb. 9, 2015 at 14:34 UTC, the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi satellite captured an infrared picture of Tropical Cyclone Higos in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Credit: NRL/NASA/NOAA Typhoon Higos was on a strengthening trend when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and....Mon, 09 Feb 2015 20:02:00 +0100phys-ee4e2fc67d0c05f5d5294d824e9a867920150209200200http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/higos-northwest-pacific-ocean/[image-36] NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Gets an Infrared Look at Typhoon Higos. Typhoon Higos was on a strengthening trend when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead and captured infrared data on the storm, showing powerful thunderstorms circling its center.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:08:00 +0100nasa-806dd291ebeb25a69aab80d78a532cd620150209190800