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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Collection
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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Rare South Atlantic Tropical Cyclone
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Rare South Atlantic Tropical Cyclone
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NASA’s Quick Scatterometer spacecraft and its SeaWinds instrument tracked the development of an unusual storm in the South Atlantic ocean for several days at the end of March 2004. The storm was declared a hurricane before it came ashore in Brazil, though its status as a hurricane is being contested. The storm caused considerable damage, including some deaths. This was the first hurricane observed in the South Atlantic since the start of meteorological satellites in the sixties. In the image captured on March 27, 2004, white arrows representing wind speed and direction are superimposed on the color image of wind speeds.
Image and caption coutesy of W. Timothy Liu at JPL, Project Scientist of QuikSCAT.
Description
NASA’s Quick Scatterometer spacecraft and its SeaWinds instrument tracked the development of an unusual storm in the South Atlantic ocean for several days at the end of March 2004. The storm was declared a hurricane before it came ashore in Brazil, though its status as a hurricane is being contested. The storm caused considerable damage, including some deaths. This was the first hurricane observed in the South Atlantic since the start of meteorological satellites in the sixties. In the image captured on March 27, 2004, white arrows representing wind speed and direction are superimposed on the color image of wind speeds.
Image and caption coutesy of W. Timothy Liu at JPL, Project Scientist of QuikSCAT.
Description
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Satellite - Sensor:
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QuikSCAT
Satellite_-_Sensor
QuikSCAT
Satellite - Sensor
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QuikSCAT
facet_what
QuikSCAT
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Tropical Cyclone
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Tropical Cyclone
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facet_where:
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Atlantic Ocean
facet_where
Atlantic Ocean
facet_where
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Brazil
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Brazil
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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March 2004
facet_when
March 2004
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facet_when:
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March 27, 2004
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March 27, 2004
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2004
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2004
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UID:
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SPD-ETOBS-12057
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