Satellite View Of Hurricane Sandy

Nasa satellite gets a 3d view of sandy s eye.

Satellite view of hurricane sandy.

This 3 d view of hurricane sandy was created from nasa s trmm satellite on the oct. Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. In the image you can see the hurricane s enormous size. With tropical storm force winds about 1 000 miles across sandy is a monster.

This image of hurricane sandy was acquired by the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs on the suomi npp satellite at 2 42 a m. Edt the national hurricane center noted that the center of hurricane sandy was located near latitude 36 8 north and longitude 71 1 west. Eastern daylight time 17 45 universal time on october 28 2012. T here is a guilty voyeuristic frisson that comes from looking upon the almighty.

The satellite data provided detailed information such as the size and direction of the winds observations of the cloud structures near the storm and the amount and location of storm s rainfall. Images of flooded subways and floating cars whilst arresting are nonetheless framed by a scale which is comprehensibly human. The suomi npp satellite caught this image of hurricane sandy yesterday morning oct. The storm was captured by a special day night band which.

Suomi npp was launched one year ago today on a mission to extend and enhance long term records of key environmental data. The accompanying image gallery shows past satellite imagery and simulations of hurricane sandy and the superstorm s impact on the u s. Note how a line of clouds from a continental weather system runs south to north along the appalachian mountains approaching from the west to meet the offshore storm. 29 at 9 10 a m.

Please direct all questions and comments regarding goes e goes 16 images to. 29 noaa s goes 13 satellite captured this visible image of hurricane sandy battering the u s. The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year. The geostationary operational environmental satellite 13 goes 13 captured this natural color image of hurricane sandy at 1 45 p m.

Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. East coast on monday oct. Satellite view of hurricane sandy on oct. For a god s eye view nasa provides.

26 also using trmm precipitation radar data that showed that the thunderstorms north of sandy s center of circulation reached heights of a little above 6 8 mile. 25 just as the cyclone passed over cuba. Nasa s radar view of its eyewall shows remarkable vigor for its. As of 11.