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Comparing the Winds of Sandy and Katrina
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Published November 6, 2012
The scenes of devastation and wreckage that these two hurricanes left behind were tragically similar, but the meteorology was very different.
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Hurricane Ida
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Published November 9, 2009
Hurricane Ida has a concentrated center of strong winds in this visualization of the storm’s wind field as observed by the QuikSCAT satellite on November 9, 2009.
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Typhoon Mirinae
Published November 3, 2009
Although Mirinae was weakening, its winds maintained the classic spiral structure associated with well-organized tropical cyclones in this image of the storm’s wind structure on November 1, 2009.
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Typhoon Lupit
Published October 22, 2009
This color-coded image shows wind speeds associated with Typhoon Lupit on October 22, 2009.
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Super Typhoon Melor
Published October 7, 2009
This image depicts winds associated with Typhoon Melor on October 7, 2009.
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Typhoon Parma
Published October 5, 2009
As this wind speed image illustrates, Tropical Storm Parma still had a core of strong winds on October 5, 2009.
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Tropical Storm Mujigae
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Published September 11, 2009
Acquired September 9, 2009, this image uses color coding and barbs to indicate wind speed and direction for Tropical Storm Mujigae. The image captures the storm center immediately west of the Philippine island of Luzon.
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Tropical Storm Linda
This image uses color codes and barbs to show relative wind speeds and wind directions of Tropical Storm Linda on September 10, 2009.
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Hurricane Fred
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Published September 10, 2009
In this image of wind speed and direction, Hurricane Fred exhibits a distinctive “s” shape—a structure left over, perhaps, from its time as a Category 4 storm.
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Tropical Storm Dujuan
Published September 9, 2009
This image shows the wind structure inside Tropical Storm Dujuan as observed by the QuikSCAT satellite on September 8.
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Hurricane Jimena
Published September 4, 2009
In this QuikSCAT image, Hurricane Jimena has a core of strong winds, shown in purple and pink, surrounded target-like by gradually weakening winds.
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Tropical Storm Hilda
Published August 25, 2009
This view of the wind speed and direction of Tropical Storm Hilda was captured by the QuikSCAT satellite on August 24, 2009.
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Typhoon Vamco
Published August 24, 2009
A weakening Cyclone Vamco was headed northeast toward Alaska’ Aleutian Islands on August 25, 2009. This image of the Vamco’ winds was captured by NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite on August 24.
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Hurricane Bill
Published August 17, 2009
Strong winds and heavy rain are revealed near the eye of Hurricane Bill in this QuikSCAT satellite image from August 16, 2009.
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Hurricane Felicia
Published August 7, 2009
Felicia had a compact, strong center, surrounded by distinctive bands of strong wind when QuikSCAT acquired this image on August 6, 2009.
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Typhoon Morakot
Strong winds surround a calm center in this visualization of Typhoon Morakot.
Typhoon Molave
Published July 20, 2009
Strong winds surround a calm center in this image of Tropical Storm Molave over the Philippines on July 17, 2009.
Wind Speeds off the Coast of Southern Brazil
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Published February 6, 2009
This image shows a satellite-based estimate of offshore wind power potential in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Brazil.
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Tropical Storm Rashmi
Published October 29, 2008
Tropical Storm Rashmi came ashore over Bangladesh on October 27, 2008, taking at least 15 lives, reported Reuters.
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Sub-tropical Storm Laura
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Published September 30, 2008
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Tropical Storm Mekkhala
Within days after Typhoon Hagupit drenched northern Vietnam with flood-inducing rains, Tropical Storm Mekkhala moved ashore on September 30, 2008.
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Typhoon Jangmi
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Published September 25, 2008
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Typhoon Hagupit
Published September 24, 2008
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Hurricane Ike
Published September 9, 2008
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Hurricane Gustav
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Published August 27, 2008
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Tropical Storm Kammuri
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Published August 6, 2008
Hurricane Dolly
Published July 24, 2008
Hurricane Dolly intensified to a Category 2 storm in the Gulf of Mexico on July 23, 2008, just before it bore down on South Padre Island off the South Texas coast. At its strongest, the storm’s winds reached sustained speeds of 160 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour), with gusting winds reaching even higher speeds. Dolly dissipated as it traveled inland, falling back to tropical storm status as of July 24.
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Typhoon Rammasun
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Published May 14, 2008
Typhoon Rammasun became a named storm on May 7, 2008. The storm system formed well away from the coastal areas of the Philippines, and reached Category 4 strength by May 10, making it a Super Typhoon. The typhoon weakened and fell apart over the next few days without ever making landfall.
Cyclone Gene
Published February 5, 2008
Tropical Cyclone Sidr
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Published November 12, 2007
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