Earth  ID: 3232

GOES-12 Imagery of Hurricane Katrina: Full Disk Water Vapor (WMS)

Visualizations by Horace Mitchell Released on October 5, 2005
The GOES-12 satellite sits at 75 degrees west longitude at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers over the equator, in geosynchronous orbit. At this position its Imager instrument takes pictures of cloud patterns in several wavelengths for all of North and South America, a primary measurement used in weather forecasting. Every three hours the Imager takes a picture of the full disk of the Earth. This animation shows a sequence of these full disk images in the 6.47 to 7.02 micron wavelength band, during the period that Hurricane Katrina passed through the Gulf of Mexico. This wavelength band is useful for estimating mid-level water vapor content and for observing atmospheric motion in that level.
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GOES-12 full-disk upper level water vapor imagery of Hurricane Katrina from August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005.

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Visualization Credits

Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Dennis Chesters (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Data Used:
GOES-12/Imager/Infrared
2005-08-23T08:45Z - 2005-08-31T02:45Z
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Dates of Data Used:
2005-08-23T08:45Z - 2005-08-31T02:45Z

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Meteorological Hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Infrared Wavelengths >> Infrared Imagery
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Sensor Characteristics >> Viewing Geometry
SVS >> GOES
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