Earth  ID: 3757

Hurricane Danielle Churns in the Atlantic on August 26, 2010

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on August 27, 2010
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of Hurricane Danielle on August 26 at 1555 UTC. At this time, she was a category 2 storm with winds of 90 knots and a pressure reading of 982 mb. Danielle has a distinct eye with the storm's longest spiral arms streching toward the northeast.
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Hurricane Danielle scene through the eyes of AQUA/MODIS on August 26, 2010.
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At this time, the National Hurricane center reported Hurricane Danielle was located roughly 630 miles northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands, and roughly 770 miles southeast of Bermuda.

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Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
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Data Used:
GOES-12/Imager/Visible
08/26/2010 1745z
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Aqua/MODIS
08/26/2010 1655z
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Hurricanes

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Hydrology
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Meteorological Hazards
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