Super Typhoon Nida

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Super Typhoon Nida

The MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites captured this sequence of true-color images of Super Typhoon Nida churning through the Philippine Islands. Packing winds up tof 100 mph and gusts of 122 mph, and caused floods and landslides. Nida has been responsible for at least six deaths in the Philippines and has displaced thousands as it skirted the eastern part of the country before moving towards southern Japan.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2951

  • Video ID

    NONE

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Stuart A. Snodgrass

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2004/05/18

  • Scientist

    Jacques Descloitres (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Super Typhoon Nida, GCMD--Location--Philippines

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural Hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2004/05/16 - 2004/05/18

  • Animation Type

    Regular