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Sea Surface Temperature, Clouds, and Tropical Depression/Storm/Hurricane Tracks from June 1, 2005 to August 29, 2005
This visualization shows sea surface temperatures during the early part of the 2005 hurricane season. Overlaid are infrared cloud data and storm track data. Ocean temperatures are the fuel that drive hurricanes. Notice the correspondence between the storm tracks and the sea surface temperature response; this is particulary noticeable for hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and Katrina.

Sea surface temperature with clouds and storm tracks overlaid showing the first half of the 2005 hurricane season    Sea surface temperature with clouds and storm tracks overlaid showing the first half of the 2005 hurricane season
Duration: 1.4 minutes
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  1280x720 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   176 MB
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Sea surface temperature with clouds overlaid showing the first half of the 2005 hurricane season (no storm tracks)    Sea surface temperature with clouds overlaid showing the first half of the 2005 hurricane season (no storm tracks)
Duration: 1.4 minutes
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Overlay frames (with alpha) of Katrina's storm track    Overlay frames (with alpha) of Katrina's storm track

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Overlay frames (with alpha) of storm tracks up to Katrina (not including Katrina)    Overlay frames (with alpha) of storm tracks up to Katrina (not including Katrina)

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Sea surface temperature with clouds and tracks on Aug 29, 2005    Sea surface temperature with clouds and tracks on Aug 29, 2005

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Sea surface temperature color bar (blue is about 20 degrees C and less, red is about 30 degrees C and higher) 		   Sea surface temperature color bar (blue is about 20 degrees C and less, red is about 30 degrees C and higher)

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Animation Number:3226
Animators:Greg Shirah (SVS) (Lead)
 Alex Kekesi (SVS)
 Lori Perkins (SVS)
Completed:2005-09-02
Scientists:J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC)
 Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC)
Instrument:GOES/IR4
Data sets:Blue Marble
 Unisys Hurricane Tracking Data
Data Collected:2005/06/01 through 2005/08/29
Series:Hurricane Katrina
Keywords:
DLESE >> Agricultural science
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Hurricane
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Oceans >> Ocean Temperature >> Sea Surface Temperature
 
 
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