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Images & Animations
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Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
AMSR-E Sea Surface Temperature in the Atlantic Used to Forecast 2003 Hurricane Season
Researchers and forecasters often study sea surface temperatures for an indication of hurricane potential. Scientists say above normal Atlantic Ocean temperatures is one reason for the 'above normal' hurricane forecast. Hurricanes convert heat from the tropical atmosphere and oceans to wind and waves, just as a car engine converts gasoline into motion. These animations show a year in the life of global ocean temperatures, June 2, 2002 to May 11, 2003. Green indicates the coolest water, yellow the warmest. The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on the Aqua satellite saw through the clouds to provide sea surface temperatures.
This animation show a year in the life of global ocean temperatures, June 2, 2002 to May 11, 2003. Green indicates the coolest water, yellow the warmest.
Metadata
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Sensor
Aqua/AMSR-E -
Animation ID
2752 -
Video ID
SVS2003-0006 -
Start Timecode
01:10:55:00 -
End Timecode
01:11:50:26 -
Animator
Lori Perkins -
Studio
SVS -
Visualization Date
2003/05/20 -
Scientist
David Adamec (NASA/GSFC) -
Keywords
Hurricane, Hurricane Forecasting, El Nino -
DLESE Subject
Natural hazards, Climatology, Physical oceanography, Atmospheric science -
Imagemods
bump utility applied to land mass -
Data Date
06/02/2003 - 05/11/2003 -
Pao ID
G03-036 -
Story URL
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0529hurricane03.html -
Animation Type
Regular