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Hurricane Dennis
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Hurricane Dennis |
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The formation of Hurricane Dennis on July 5 made that the earliest date on record that four named storms formed in the Atlantic basin. Dennis proved to be a powerful and destructive storm in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It crossed over Cuba on July 8 and 9, leaving at least 10 dead, and caused additional deaths in Haiti. After re-emerging over open water, Dennis re-strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane with top wind speeds of 233 kilometers per hour (145 mph). The storm passed within 90 kilometers (55 miles) of Pensacola, Florida, and hit land about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of where Hurricane Ivan struck in September, 2004. A large storm surge of more than 10 feet was created in certain areas, and many homes and businesses in low-lying areas were flooded. |
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2005-07-11 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure on September 13, 2004 |
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2004-09-13 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure on September 13, 2004 |
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2004-09-13 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure on September 13, 2004 |
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2004-09-13 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure on September 13, 2004 |
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2004-09-13 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure on September 13, 2004 |
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2004-09-13 |
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Hurricane Dean on August 19,
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Hurricane Dean on August 19, 2007 |
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NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Dean on August 19, 2007. At this time the storm was classified as a dangerous category four with sustained winds of 125 knots (138 mph). The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
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2007-08-19 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rain Accumula
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Hurricane Ivan Rain Accumulation September 2-19, 2004 (wide view) |
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This animation shows rain accumulation between Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan. The green path is the path Hurricane Frances took between August 25, 2004, and September 9, 2004. The red path is Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004, to September 19, 2004. |
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2004-09-16 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rain Accumula
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Hurricane Ivan Rain Accumulation September 2-19, 2004 (wide view) |
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This animation shows rain accumulation between Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan. The green path is the path Hurricane Frances took between August 25, 2004, and September 9, 2004. The red path is Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004, to September 19, 2004. |
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2004-09-16 |
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Hurricane Ivan closes in on
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Hurricane Ivan closes in on Jamaica |
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With winds up to 140 mph, Hurricane Ivan speeds toward Jamaica. A category 4, Ivan moves further west towards the Gulf of Mexico. |
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2004-09-10 |
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Progression of Hurricane Den
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Progression of Hurricane Dennis, 2005 (WMS) |
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The formation of Hurricane Dennis on July 5 made that the earliest date on record that four named storms formed in the Atlantic basin. Dennis proved to be a powerful and destructive storm in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It crossed over Cuba on July 8 and 9, leaving at least 10 dead, and caused additional deaths in Haiti. After re-emerging over open water, Dennis re-strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane with top wind speeds of 233 kilometers per hour (145 mph). The storm passed within 90 kilometers (55 miles) of Pensacola, Florida, and hit land about 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of where Hurricane Ivan struck in September, 2004. A large storm surge of more than 10 feet was created in certain areas, and many homes and businesses in low-lying areas were flooded. |
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2005-07-18 |
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Hurricane Ivan Heads Towards
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Hurricane Ivan Heads Towards Jamaica |
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Hurricane Ivan, a category 5 hurricane makes its way towards Jamaica, while scientist predict that its track will head towards Florida, making Ivan the third hurricane to hit the state within a month. |
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2004-09-09 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen from TRMM September 9, 2004 |
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2004-09-10 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen from TRMM September 9, 2004 |
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2004-09-10 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen from TRMM September 9, 2004 |
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2004-09-10 |
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Stru
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Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen from TRMM September 9, 2004 |
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2004-09-10 |
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Hurricane Frances Structure
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Hurricane Frances Structure September 1, 2004 |
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NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand the underlying rain structure beneath Hurricane Frances on September 1, 2004. Here large and powerful towers are making the hurricane stronger. The rain bands are colored to represent rain intensity. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inch of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
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2005-03-24 |
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Hurricane Frances Structure
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Hurricane Frances Structure September 1, 2004 |
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NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand the underlying rain structure beneath Hurricane Frances on September 1, 2004. Here large and powerful towers are making the hurricane stronger. The rain bands are colored to represent rain intensity. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inch of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. |
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2005-03-24 |
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Hurricane Charley
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Hurricane Charley |
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The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Charley on August 11 at 2:15 p.m. EDT. At the time this image was taken, Charley has just been upgraded to hurricane status and had maximum sustained winds near 75 mph. Charley was located about 90 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 18 mph. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Hurricane Charley
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Hurricane Charley |
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The state of Florida has suffered its second direct hit by a tropical cyclone in as many days. On Thursday August 12, 2004, Bonnie came ashore in the Florida panhandle near Apalachicola as a tropical storm. Charley, however, became far a more dangerous Category 4 storm before it slammed into the southwest coast of Florida. Just as it did with Bonnie, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite followed Charley's progress across the Caribbean and Cuba, which suffered a direct hit. The images and data collected by TRMM can provide valuable estimates of storm location and storm intensity to the NOAA Tropical Prediction Center (also known as the National Hurricane Center). Similar to Bonnie, Charley began as a tropical depression near the Windward Islands. Tropical depression number three (TD #3) formed on August 9th, 2004 just to the southeast of Grenada. TD #3 then moved west-northwest into the lower eastern Caribbean and strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning (local time) of the 10th. The image shown above was taken at 05:43 UTC (1:43 am EDT) on 10 August 2004. The image displays the horizontal distribution of rain intensity obtained from the TRMM satellite. Rain rates in the center part of the swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first and only precipitation radar in space. The PR can provide fine resolution rainfall data and details on the vertical structure. Rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The image shows Charley just before it became a named tropical storm. The storm appears rather small with no apparent banding in the rain field. But, most of the rain (green moderate and blue light) is concentrated near the center and IR data (white background) indicates that there is good outflow with the storm. Charley continued moving west-northwest into the central Caribbean and slowly strengthened into a minimal Category 1 hurricane on the afternoon (local time) of the 11th with maximum sustained winds reported at 65 knots (75 mph) based on measurements by an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter Aircraft. At this point, Charley was just south of Jamaica. The storm now began to curve towards the right taking a more northwestward track as it passed around the western side of a subtropical ridge to its north. Charley continued to slowly intensify. Early on the afternoon of the 12th (local time), Charley became a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 85 knots (98 mph). Charley then turned even more to the north ahead of an upper-level trough and headed straight for western Cuba. On the evening of the 12th of August, Charley passed just to the east of the Isle of Youth and slammed into western Cuba where it crossed the island just west of Havana before emerging into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The image taken at 04:32 UTC (12:32 am EDT) on Friday August 13 shows Charley, directly over Cuba. The PR missed the center of the storm but a perfectly symmetrical ring of moderate rain (green circle) marks the center of Charley by the TMI. The rain field appears tightly concentrated near the center which is surrounded by an area devoid of rain known as a dry slot showing where drier air has been entrained into the storm's circulation. At the time of this image, Charley's sustained winds were 90 knots (104 mph). After coming off of Cuba, Charley intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm, with sustained winds measured at 145 mph, before slamming into the southwest coast of Florida near Captiva Island. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC), NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. |
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Hurricane Charley
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Hurricane Charley |
| Description |
The state of Florida has suffered its second direct hit by a tropical cyclone in as many days. On Thursday August 12, 2004, Bonnie came ashore in the Florida panhandle near Apalachicola as a tropical storm. Charley, however, became far a more dangerous Category 4 storm before it slammed into the southwest coast of Florida. Just as it did with Bonnie, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite followed Charley's progress across the Caribbean and Cuba, which suffered a direct hit. The images and data collected by TRMM can provide valuable estimates of storm location and storm intensity to the NOAA Tropical Prediction Center (also known as the National Hurricane Center). Similar to Bonnie, Charley began as a tropical depression near the Windward Islands. Tropical depression number three (TD #3) formed on August 9th, 2004 just to the southeast of Grenada. TD #3 then moved west-northwest into the lower eastern Caribbean and strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning (local time) of the 10th. The image shown above was taken at 05:43 UTC (1:43 am EDT) on 10 August 2004. The image displays the horizontal distribution of rain intensity obtained from the TRMM satellite. Rain rates in the center part of the swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first and only precipitation radar in space. The PR can provide fine resolution rainfall data and details on the vertical structure. Rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The image shows Charley just before it became a named tropical storm. The storm appears rather small with no apparent banding in the rain field. But, most of the rain (green moderate and blue light) is concentrated near the center and IR data (white background) indicates that there is good outflow with the storm. Charley continued moving west-northwest into the central Caribbean and slowly strengthened into a minimal Category 1 hurricane on the afternoon (local time) of the 11th with maximum sustained winds reported at 65 knots (75 mph) based on measurements by an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter Aircraft. At this point, Charley was just south of Jamaica. The storm now began to curve towards the right taking a more northwestward track as it passed around the western side of a subtropical ridge to its north. Charley continued to slowly intensify. Early on the afternoon of the 12th (local time), Charley became a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 85 knots (98 mph). Charley then turned even more to the north ahead of an upper-level trough and headed straight for western Cuba. On the evening of the 12th of August, Charley passed just to the east of the Isle of Youth and slammed into western Cuba where it crossed the island just west of Havana before emerging into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The image taken at 04:32 UTC (12:32 am EDT) on Friday August 13 shows Charley, directly over Cuba. The PR missed the center of the storm but a perfectly symmetrical ring of moderate rain (green circle) marks the center of Charley by the TMI. The rain field appears tightly concentrated near the center which is surrounded by an area devoid of rain known as a dry slot showing where drier air has been entrained into the storm's circulation. At the time of this image, Charley's sustained winds were 90 knots (104 mph). After coming off of Cuba, Charley intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm, with sustained winds measured at 145 mph, before slamming into the southwest coast of Florida near Captiva Island. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC), NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. |
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Hurricane Charley
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Hurricane Charley |
| Description |
The state of Florida has suffered its second direct hit by a tropical cyclone in as many days. On Thursday August 12, 2004, Bonnie came ashore in the Florida panhandle near Apalachicola as a tropical storm. Charley, however, became far a more dangerous Category 4 storm before it slammed into the southwest coast of Florida. Just as it did with Bonnie, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite followed Charley's progress across the Caribbean and Cuba, which suffered a direct hit. The images and data collected by TRMM can provide valuable estimates of storm location and storm intensity to the NOAA Tropical Prediction Center (also known as the National Hurricane Center). Similar to Bonnie, Charley began as a tropical depression near the Windward Islands. Tropical depression number three (TD #3) formed on August 9th, 2004 just to the southeast of Grenada. TD #3 then moved west-northwest into the lower eastern Caribbean and strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning (local time) of the 10th. The image shown above was taken at 05:43 UTC (1:43 am EDT) on 10 August 2004. The image displays the horizontal distribution of rain intensity obtained from the TRMM satellite. Rain rates in the center part of the swath are from the TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first and only precipitation radar in space. The PR can provide fine resolution rainfall data and details on the vertical structure. Rain rates in the outer swath are from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). The rain rates are overlaid on infrared (IR) data from the TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The image shows Charley just before it became a named tropical storm. The storm appears rather small with no apparent banding in the rain field. But, most of the rain (green moderate and blue light) is concentrated near the center and IR data (white background) indicates that there is good outflow with the storm. Charley continued moving west-northwest into the central Caribbean and slowly strengthened into a minimal Category 1 hurricane on the afternoon (local time) of the 11th with maximum sustained winds reported at 65 knots (75 mph) based on measurements by an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter Aircraft. At this point, Charley was just south of Jamaica. The storm now began to curve towards the right taking a more northwestward track as it passed around the western side of a subtropical ridge to its north. Charley continued to slowly intensify. Early on the afternoon of the 12th (local time), Charley became a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 85 knots (98 mph). Charley then turned even more to the north ahead of an upper-level trough and headed straight for western Cuba. On the evening of the 12th of August, Charley passed just to the east of the Isle of Youth and slammed into western Cuba where it crossed the island just west of Havana before emerging into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The image taken at 04:32 UTC (12:32 am EDT) on Friday August 13 shows Charley, directly over Cuba. The PR missed the center of the storm but a perfectly symmetrical ring of moderate rain (green circle) marks the center of Charley by the TMI. The rain field appears tightly concentrated near the center which is surrounded by an area devoid of rain known as a dry slot showing where drier air has been entrained into the storm's circulation. At the time of this image, Charley's sustained winds were 90 knots (104 mph). After coming off of Cuba, Charley intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm, with sustained winds measured at 145 mph, before slamming into the southwest coast of Florida near Captiva Island. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC), NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. |
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Hurricane Dennis
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Hurricane Dennis |
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The swirling clouds of Tropical Storm Dennis span from the northern tip of Venezuela to the southern half of the island of Hispaniola in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) image. NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image on July 6, 2005, at 10:05 a.m. local time (15:05 UTC) when Dennis was building to winds of 110 kilometers per hour (70 mph). The storm was moving northwest across the Caribbean and should pass between the eastern arm of Haiti and Jamaica, hammering both with four to eight inches of rain. The National Hurricane Center [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ] predicts that Dennis may become a major hurricane—Category 3 or higher—by July 8. This image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response System. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Hurricane Dennis
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Hurricane Dennis |
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Hurricane Dennis threaded its way between Jamaica and Haiti on a direct course for Cuba on July 7, 2005. The storm now has the distinctive hurricane form, with a well-defined eye surrounded by bands of swirling clouds. At 10:50 a.m. local time (15:50 UTC), when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite took this image, Dennis was just below a Category 3 hurricane, with winds of 175 kilometers per hour (110 miles per hour) and stronger gusts. Less than an hour before this image was taken, the storm?s small dark eye was about 105 kilometers (65 miles) northeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and 170 kilometers (105 miles) south-southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba. The National Hurricane Center reports that Dennis is traveling northwest at about 24 kilometers per hour (15 mph). A storm of this size is a threat not just because of its powerful winds: Dennis is expected to produce heavy rain and coastal and inland flooding. Five to ten inches of rain may fall over Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, with as much as 15 inches falling in parts of Jamaica. Heavy rainfall can trigger flash floods and mudslides in mountainous regions. The storm will probably also raise tide levels by five to seven feet and generate large and dangerous waves. Dennis is expected to strengthen as it moves north towards the Gulf Coast of the United States. For official storm warnings and additional information, please visit the National Hurricane Center [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ]. The image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Hurricane Emily
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Hurricane Emily |
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Hurricane Emily is shown here in the Carribbean north of Venezuela on July 14, 2005. The image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite at 17:20 UTC (13:20 Eastern Daylight Time). At this time, it was a well developed and powerful hurricane with winds over 150 kilometers an hour (85 knots). It passed through the chain of islands known as the Windward Islands, causing one death in the city of St. George?s on Grenada. It is building up towards a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale. Projections take it glancing off Jamaica, striking the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and continuing across into the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall again somewhere near Brownsville, Texas on the border with Mexico and the United States. Predicting hurricane strength and intensity is challenging, and Emily might be either stronger or weaker than expected, and it may not stay on its predicted course. The hurricane has already become somewhat stronger than first anticipated. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Hurricane Emily
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Hurricane Emily |
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Hurricane Emily had come ashore in Mexico on July 20, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA?s Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image. The image shows the storm at 3:05 p.m. local time, roughly one day after Emily made landfall. The storm is bringing much needed rain into the parched Rio Grande drainage basin, though the arrival of this water as a deluge poses dangers and challenges even as it refills low water reservoirs slightly. Emily is a record-setting storm for many reasons. When it formed on July 11, Emily became the earliest fifth named storm on record. As it moved through the Caribbean, Emily intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm with winds over 250 km/hr (150 mph) and gusts as high as 300 km/hr (184 mph), making it the most powerful storm to form before August. The previous record was set by Hurricane Dennis, which ripped through the Caribbean during the first week of July 2005. Emily?s Category 4 status also made 2005 the only year to produce two Category 4 storms before the end of July. Emily is responsible for five deaths through the Caribbean, as well as considerable damage in places as far apart as the Lesser Antilles Islands and Jamaica to Mexico?s Yucatan Peninsula. Tornadoes spawned by Emily have also caused some damage in southern Texas. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides this image in multiple resolutions. NASA image provided courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Hurricane Emily
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Hurricane Emily |
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Hurricane Emily was spinning through the Caribbean south of Jamacia on July 16, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this image at 15:45 UTC (11:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time). At this time, Emily was a well-developed hurricane with winds over 230 kilometers an hour (125 knots) and gusts as high as 285 km/hr (155 knots). As shown in this satellite image, the storm is passing roughly east to west well south of Jamaica (around 160 kilometers, or 100 miles), but the heavy rains in the storm?s outer bands fell on an already sodden island still recovering from Hurricane Dennis, which similarly glanced the island on July 7. Emily?s rains caused flooding, which has resulted in four deaths on the island. Tourists in the Yucatan Peninsula are being evacuated from resort areas and beaches as the hurricane continues on track to make landfall there during the morning of July 18, 2005. NASA image provided courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team. |
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Hurricane Frances
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Hurricane Frances |
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The SeaWiFS sensor aboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this true-color eastward looking image of Hurricane Frances on September 3, 2004 at 17:20 UTC (1:20 PM EDT). Florida is just barely visible at the top center of the image, while Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola line up vertically along the left. At the time this image was taken Frances was a category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph and was moving towards the west-northwest at 9 mph. Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) on NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings time on September 9, 2004, Hurricane Ivan had dropped from deadly Category 5 hurricane to a still dangerous Category 4 storm. The storm had winds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 mph) with stronger gusts. According to the National Hurricane Center [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ], Ivan is on course for Jamaica, seen on the left edge of the image below Cuba. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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The SeaWiFS sensor aboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this true-color, oblique view of Hurricane Ivan on September 9, 2004 at 18:00 UTC (2:00 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located 580 km (360 miles) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 260 km/hr (160 mph) making Ivan a Category 5 storm on the Saffir/Simpson Scale. Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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The MODIS instrument flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on September 10, 2004 at 15:25 UTC (11:25 AM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 245 km (155 miles) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 230 km/hr (145 mph) with higher gusts. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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The MODIS instrument flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on September 10, 2004 at 15:25 UTC (11:25 AM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 245 km (155 miles) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 230 km/hr (145 mph) with higher gusts. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TRMM) satellite flew over Hurricane Ivan as the storm struck several islands in the Caribbean between September 8 and September 13, 2004. Three times during its voyage through the Caribbean, Ivan reached Category 5 on the Saffir/Simpson scale, the strongest possible category. Ivan is the first Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean since Mitch in the 1998. In the above image, the shades of gray show the cloud height with white indicating the highest clouds. Colors contours indicate the surface rainfall rate. A sequence of TRMM overflights shows the persistence of Hurricane Ivan?s strong eyewall. The eyewall survived the encounter with Jamaica on September 11, and developed into a double eyewall as Ivan struck Grand Cayman Island on the following day. The eyewall remained strong as the northern rainband struck Cuba?s Isle of Youth on September 13. A well organized eyewall is frequently a sign of an intense hurricane. TRMM [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov ] is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). NASA image and caption courtesy Owen Kelley, NASA?s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TRMM) satellite flew over Hurricane Ivan as the storm struck several islands in the Caribbean between September 8 and September 13, 2004. Three times during its voyage through the Caribbean, Ivan reached Category 5 on the Saffir/Simpson scale, the strongest possible category. Ivan is the first Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean since Mitch in the 1998. In the above image, the shades of gray show the cloud height with white indicating the highest clouds. Colors contours indicate the surface rainfall rate. A sequence of TRMM overflights shows the persistence of Hurricane Ivan?s strong eyewall. The eyewall survived the encounter with Jamaica on September 11, and developed into a double eyewall as Ivan struck Grand Cayman Island on the following day. The eyewall remained strong as the northern rainband struck Cuba?s Isle of Youth on September 13. A well organized eyewall is frequently a sign of an intense hurricane. TRMM [ http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov ] is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). NASA image and caption courtesy Owen Kelley, NASA?s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission at Goddard Space Flight Center. |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on Septebmer 10, 2004 at 18:30 UTC (2:30 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 140 km (85 miles) south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). Ivan had maximum sustained winds of 230 km/hr (145 mph) with higher gusts. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on Septebmer 10, 2004 at 18:30 UTC (2:30 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 140 km (85 miles) south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). Ivan had maximum sustained winds of 230 km/hr (145 mph) with higher gusts. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
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Hurricane Ivan continues to churn quickly across the Caribbean Sea, moving northwest at about 20 kilometers per hour (13 mph). In this image, captured by the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ]) on September 10, 2004, the storm is approaching Jamaica and Cuba, seen obliquely on the left edge of the image. At the time this image was taken, Ivan?s winds had decreased to 220 kilometers per hour (140 mph), and the storm was producing 15 to 25 centimeters (6 to 10 inches) of rain. Ivan was expected to hit Jamaica late on September 10, and then move north over Cuba and into Florida. For information about Hurricane Ivan, please visit the National Hurricane Center [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ]. Image provided by the SeaWiFS [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ] Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE |
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Ivan |
| Description |
The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on Septebmer 11, 2004 at 16:10 UTC (12:10 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 50 km (30 miles) southwest of the western tip of Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). Ivan had maximum sustained winds of 230 km/hr (145 mph) with higher gusts. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Hurricane Ivan
| Title |
Hurricane Ivan |
| Description |
The MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Ivan on Septebmer 11, 2004 at 16:10 UTC (12:10 PM EDT). At the time this image was taken Ivan was located approximately 50 km (30 miles) southwest of the western tip of Jamaica and was moving towards the west-northwest at 13 km/hr (8 mph). Ivan had maximum sustained winds of 230 km/hr (145 mph) with higher gusts. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions and formats. NASA image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. |
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Tropical Storm Noel
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Tropical Storm Noel |
| Description |
Though not the most powerful storm of the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane season, Tropical Storm Noel was among the most deadly. Only Category 5 Hurricane Felix [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14490 ] and its associated flooding [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14514 ] had a higher toll. Slow-moving Tropical Storm Noel inundated the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas with heavy rain between October 28 and November 1, 2007. The resulting floods and mudslides left at least 115 dead and thousands homeless throughout the Caribbean, reported the Associated Press on November 2, 2007. The president of the Dominican Republic, the worst-hit nation, declared a state of emergency. After crossing Hispaniola, the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, Noel moved over northern Cuba and then tracked northeast over the Bahamas. The storm was expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane, move quickly north along the east coast of the United States, and strike Nova Scotia, Canada, as an extra-tropical storm on November 4, said the National Hurricane Center. [ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ] This image shows the distribution of the rainfall that made Noel a deadly storm. The image shows rainfall totals as measured by the Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from October 26 through November 1, 2007. The analysis is based on measurements taken by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. The heaviest rainfall fell in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas, northeast of Noel's center. Areas of dark red show that rainfall totals over the south-central Dominican Republic and parts of the Bahamas were over 551 millimeters (21 inches). Much of eastern Hispaniola, including both the Dominican Republic and Haiti received at least 200 mm (about 8 inches) of rain, shown in yellow. Rainfall totals over Haiti and Cuba were less, with a range of at least 50 mm (2 inches) to over 200 mm (8 inches). TRMM, launched in 1997 to observe rainfall over the Tropics with a combination of passive microwave and active radar sensors, is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency, JAXA. Image produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) |
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Hurricane Charley: Natural H
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
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Charley_amo2004224
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2004-08-11 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Charley_amo2004224 |
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Hurricane Ivan: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
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Ivan_tmo2004255.1610.2km
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-09-11 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Ivan_tmo2004255.1610.2km |
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Hurricane Ivan: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
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Ivan_tmo2004255.1610.2km
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-09-11 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Ivan_tmo2004255.1610.2km |
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Hurricane Charley: Natural H
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
* eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ima
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charley_trmm10aug0543_utc
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-08-10 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
charley_trmm10aug0543_utc |
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Rain from Tropical Storm Noe
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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Though not the most powerful
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NoelRain_TRM_2007305
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2007-11-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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NoelRain_TRM_2007305 |
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Hurricane Ivan: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Trop
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Ivan_TRMM_2004257
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-09-13 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Ivan_TRMM_2004257 |
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Hurricane Ivan: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument flying
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Ivan_tmo2004254.1525.2km
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-09-10 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Ivan_tmo2004254.1525.2km |
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Hurricane Ivan: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument flying
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Ivan_tmo2004254.1525.2km
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2004-09-10 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Ivan_tmo2004254.1525.2km |
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Hurricane Ivan: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
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Ivan_amo2004254.1830.2km
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-09-10 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Ivan_amo2004254.1830.2km |
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Hurricane Ivan: Natural Haza
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The MODIS instrument aboard
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Ivan_amo2004254.1830.2km
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
2004-09-10 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Ivan_amo2004254.1830.2km |
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