Super-Typhoon Pongsona

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Super-Typhoon Pongsona Visualized from AIRS Instrument Suite Data

Packing gusts of nearly 300 kilometers per hour (184 miles per hour) and sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour), Super-Typhoon Pongsona struck the U.S. Island of Guam on December 8, 2002. This 3D model of the hurricane shows the outline of the clouds, based on cloud top heights derived from AIRS observations. The color overlay represents the brightness temperatures observed in one of the HSB channels. Blue areas indicate intense convection and rain, while green and yellow reflect the internal temperature of the clouds. Microwaves, unlike infrared radiation, penetrate clouds and look into them or even through them. Red, most of which has been removed from the picture for clarity, represents areas where HSB penetrates all the way to the surface.

Super-Typhoon Pongsona struck the U.S. Island of Guam on December 8, 2002.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/AIRS

  • Animation ID

    2657

  • Video ID

    SVS2003-0003

  • Start Timecode

    01:00:35:00

  • End Timecode

    01:01:36:26

  • Animator

    Stuart A. Snodgrass

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/01/27

  • Scientist

    Sharon Okonek (NASA/JPL), Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen (NASA/JPL)

  • Datasets

    Blue Marble

  • Keywords

    Supertyphoon Pongsona

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Georeference Data

    13.2N, 145.3E

  • Data Date

    2002/12/08

  • Animation Type

    Regular