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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Typhoon Bilis
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Typhoon Bilis
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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As super Typhoon Bilis, equal in strength to a category 5 hurricane, bore down on Taiwan, these images from August 21, 2000, show the massive storm's most devastating components: rain and wind.
Conventional satellite data provide imagery of the clouds at the top of a storm. These images, however, were created by combining data from two NASA instruments capable of looking through a storm's clouds and seeing what is going on at the surface. These two instruments passed over the same location about one hour apart.
The images show the surface winds, measured by SeaWinds on QuikScat's radar scatterometer, as red arrows. The wind data are superimposed on rainfall measurements made by the microwave imager on the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM). The scale on the right shows the amount of rainfall in millimeters per hour.
QuikSCAT, launched in June 1999, and TRMM, launched 18 months earlier, provide the opportunity to observe both wind and rain before landfall.
The SeaWinds on QuikScat project is managed for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. TRMM is a joint US/Japanese mission managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
As super Typhoon Bilis, equal in strength to a category 5 hurricane, bore down on Taiwan, these images from August 21, 2000, show the massive storm's most devastating components: rain and wind.
Conventional satellite data provide imagery of the clouds at the top of a storm. These images, however, were created by combining data from two NASA instruments capable of looking through a storm's clouds and seeing what is going on at the surface. These two instruments passed over the same location about one hour apart.
The images show the surface winds, measured by SeaWinds on QuikScat's radar scatterometer, as red arrows. The wind data are superimposed on rainfall measurements made by the microwave imager on the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM). The scale on the right shows the amount of rainfall in millimeters per hour.
QuikSCAT, launched in June 1999, and TRMM, launched 18 months earlier, provide the opportunity to observe both wind and rain before landfall.
The SeaWinds on QuikScat project is managed for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. TRMM is a joint US/Japanese mission managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Addition Date:
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2000-08-23
Addition_Date
2000-08-23
Addition Date
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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QuikScat
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Spacecraft:
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QuikScat
Spacecraft
QuikScat
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Earth
Target_Name
Earth
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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SeaWinds Scatterometer
Instrument
SeaWinds Scatterometer
Instrument
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Product Size:
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640 samples x 565 lines
Product_Size
640 samples x 565 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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QUIKSCAT_PAGE
Primary_Data_Set
QUIKSCAT_PAGE
Primary Data Set
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facet_what:
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Sun
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Sun
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Opportunity
facet_what
Opportunity
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Imager
facet_what
Imager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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SeaWinds Scatterometer
facet_what
SeaWinds Scatterometer
facet_what
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facet_what:
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QuikSCAT
facet_what
QuikSCAT
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
facet_what
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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facet_where:
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Taiwan
facet_where
Taiwan
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_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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August 21, 2000
facet_when
August 21, 2000
facet_when
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facet_when:
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June 1999
facet_when
June 1999
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1999
facet_when_year
1999
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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2000
facet_when_year
2000
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PIA01047
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01047
UID
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA01047
UID
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orignial url:
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orignial_url
orignial url
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