Earth  ID: 3761

Hurricane Earl Develops Stirs up the Atlantic on August 31, 2010

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on August 29, 2010
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of Hurricane Earl on August 26 at 1545 UTC. At this time, she was a category 4 storm with winds of 135 mph.
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NASA's Terra satellite sees this view of Hurricane Earl on August 31, 2010.
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Hurricane Earl strengthens in the Atlantic.

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Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
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Data Used:
Aqua/MODIS
08/31/2010 1545 UTC
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GOES-12/Imager/Visible
08/31/2010 1445 UTC
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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