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Collection:
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
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Title:
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Super-Typhoon Pongsona Visualized from AIRS Instrument Suite Data
Title
Super-Typhoon Pongsona Visualized from AIRS Instrument Suite Data
Title
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Instrument:
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Aqua/AIRS
Instrument
Aqua/AIRS
Instrument
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Description:
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The 3D model represents cloud tops estimated from an AIRS window channel. (This channel essentially measures the temperature of the nearest impenetrable surface seen from the satellite, either clouds or ocean-land. Using an estimate of the vertical temperature distribution in the atmosphere, the temperature field is then converted to a cloud top height field.)
Duration: 21.0 seconds
Description
The 3D model represents cloud tops estimated from an AIRS window channel. (This channel essentially measures the temperature of the nearest impenetrable surface seen from the satellite, either clouds or ocean-land. Using an estimate of the vertical temperature distribution in the atmosphere, the temperature field is then converted to a cloud top height field.)
Duration: 21.0 seconds
Description
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Abstract:
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Packing gusts of nearly 300 kilometers per hour (184 miles per hour) and sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour), Super-Typhoon Pongsona struck the U.S. Island of Guam on December 8, 2002. This 3D model of the hurricane shows the outline of the clouds, based on cloud top heights derived from AIRS observations. The color overlay represents the brightness temperatures observed in one of the HSB channels. Blue areas indicate intense convection and rain, while green and yellow reflect the internal temperature of the clouds. Microwaves, unlike infrared radiation, penetrate clouds and look into them or even through them. Red, most of which has been removed from the picture for clarity, represents areas where HSB penetrates all the way to the surface.
Abstract
Packing gusts of nearly 300 kilometers per hour (184 miles per hour) and sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour), Super-Typhoon Pongsona struck the U.S. Island of Guam on December 8, 2002. This 3D model of the hurricane shows the outline of the clouds, based on cloud top heights derived from AIRS observations. The color overlay represents the brightness temperatures observed in one of the HSB channels. Blue areas indicate intense convection and rain, while green and yellow reflect the internal temperature of the clouds. Microwaves, unlike infrared radiation, penetrate clouds and look into them or even through them. Red, most of which has been removed from the picture for clarity, represents areas where HSB penetrates all the way to the surface.
Abstract
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Completed:
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2003-01-27
Completed
2003-01-27
Completed
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Credit:
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*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Credit
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Credit
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Studio:
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SVS
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Animator:
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Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Animator
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Scientist:
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Sharon Okonek (NASA/JPL)
Scientist
Sharon Okonek (NASA/JPL)
Scientist
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Scientist:
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Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen (NASA/JPL)
Scientist
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen (NASA/JPL)
Scientist
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Data Collected:
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2002/12/08
Data_Collected
2002/12/08
Data Collected
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Keywords:
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DLESE
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Keywords:
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Atmospheric science
Keywords
Atmospheric science
Keywords
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Keywords:
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SVS
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Keywords:
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Natural hazards
Keywords
Natural hazards
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Supertyphoon Pongsona
Keywords
Supertyphoon Pongsona
Keywords
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Video:
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SVS2003-0003* * *
Video
SVS2003-0003* * *
Video
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facet_where:
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Guam
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Guam
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facet_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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December 8, 2002
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December 8, 2002
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facet_what:
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Aqua
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Aqua
facet_what
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facet_what:
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AIRS
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AIRS
facet_what
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facet_when_year:
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2002
facet_when_year
2002
facet_when_year
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Animation Number:
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2657
Animation_Number
2657
Animation Number
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UID:
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SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002600/a0026 57/a002657-IMAGE
UID
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002600/a0026 57/a002657-IMAGE
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