Wind Vectors for Hurricane Erin

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Wind Vectors for Hurricane Erin (WMS)

This visualization shows wind vectors for Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. Wind direction and speed are represented by the direction and speed of moving arrows, respectively. This animation represents a single measurement taken by the SeaWinds instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite, taken at 14:27:00 UTC on September 10, 2001. The WMS version of this animation which is available through the SVS Image Server (http://aes.gsfc.nasa.gov) presents this animation with a different timestamp for each frame in order to more easily present the images as an animation. It should be noted that each frame really has a time stamp of 2001-09-10 14:27:00 UTC.

Hurricane Erin was positioned off the coast of the United States on September 10, 2001. This animation shows the strength and direction of wind by animating small arrows. Faster-moving arrows represent stronger winds.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    QuikSCAT/SeaWinds

  • Animation ID

    2896

  • Video ID

    None

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Eric Sokolowsky, Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2004/02/11

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (University of Maryland Baltimore County)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane Erin, Winds, Hurricane, GCMD--EARTH SCIENCE--Atmosphere--Atmospheric Phenomena--Hurricanes, GCMD--EARTH SCIENCE--Atmosphere--Atmospheric Winds--Surface Winds, GCMD--EARTH SCIENCE--Human Dimensions--Natural Hazards--Meteorological Hazards, GCMD--EARTH SCIENCE--Oceans--Ocean Winds--Surface Winds

  • DLESE Subject

    Atmospheric science, Natural hazards

  • Georeference Data

    Geographic Projection: Latitude extents 10, 60. Longitude extents -90, -40.

  • Data Date

    2001/09/10 14:27:00 UTC

  • Animation Type

    Regular