Tropical Cyclone Erica (22P)

Tropical Cyclone Erica washes over New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean in this MODIS image from March 13, 2003.

East of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Erica plowed into the French island of New Caledonia on March 13, 2003, leaving at least one person dead and many others injured. Erica peaked as a Category 5 cyclone on March 12, and as of March 14 had showed rapid weakening to a Category 1 storm. This image of Erica shows the storm’s eye northwest of New Caledonia on March 13.

The high-resolution image provided above is 1 kilometer per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-03-13

  • Event Start Date

    2003-03-04

  • NH Image ID

    5670

  • NH Event ID

    5617

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-03-14