Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Collection
Title:
Super-Typhoon Pongsona Visualized from AIRS Instrument Suite Data
Instrument:
Aqua/AIRS
Description:
None
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.
Completed:
2003-01-27
Credit:
*Please give credit for this visualization to*
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
Studio:
SVS
Animator:
Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead)
Scientist:
Sharon Okonek (NASA/JPL)
Scientist:
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen (NASA/JPL)
Data Collected:
2002/12/08
Keywords:
DLESE
Keywords:
Atmospheric science
Keywords:
SVS
Keywords:
Natural hazards
Keywords:
Supertyphoon Pongsona
Video:
SVS2003-0003* * *
facet_where:
Guam
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
December 8, 2002
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_what:
AIRS
facet_when_year:
2002
Animation Number:
2657
UID:
SPD-SCIVS-http://svs .gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a 000000/a002600/a0026 57/a002657_slate-IMA GE
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Super-Typhoon Pongsona Visualized from AIRS Instrument Suite Data