Earth  ID: 2816

Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 1) - Sea Surface Temperature (match rendered)

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on September 30, 2003
This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This visualization shows Sea Surface Temperature as measured by the NASA Aqua satellite's Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) instrument. Temperature is represented by the colors in the ocean. Orange and red indicate the necessary 82-degree and warmer sea surface temperatures for a hurricane to form.
This visualization was match-frame rendered to another visualization showing GOES clouds.
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This visualization shows Sea Surface Temperature as measured by the NASA Aqua satellite's Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) instrument. Temperature is represented by the colors in the ocean. Orange and red indicate the necessary 82-degree and warmer sea surface temperatures for a hurricane to form.
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3-30-03 AMSR-E data showing showing mostly cool waters off the African coast.
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7-13-03 AMSR-E data showing warm waters off the coast of the Africa.
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Video slate image reads "Sea Surface Temperature (match rendered)".

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jesse Allen (Raytheon): Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
Aqua/AMSR-E
2002/06/02-2003/01/22
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This item is part of this series:
Hurricane Live shots

Goddard TV Tape:
G2003-051

Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0