Hurricane Season 2003 Forecast SST Data

  • 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

  • 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