Earth  ID: 12635

A New Multi-dimensional View of a Hurricane

Released on July 25, 2017
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Music: "Buoys," Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks; "Late Night Drive," Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks.

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NASA researchers now can use a combination of satellite observations to re-create multi-dimensional pictures of hurricanes and other major storms in order to study complex atmospheric interactions. In this video, they applied those techniques to Hurricane Matthew. When it occurred in the fall of 2016, Matthew was the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in almost ten years. Its torrential rains and winds caused significant damage and loss of life as it coursed through the Caribbean and up along the southern U.S. coast.
 

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SVS Demo Reel
NASA Has Eyes On The Atlantic Hurricane Season

Source Material

NASA Studies Hurricane Matthew
GPM Monitors Hurricane Matthew Flooding the Carolinas
GPM Monitors Hurricane Matthew Nearing Florida
GPM Captures Hurricane Matthew Over Haiti
GPM Captures Hurricane Matthew Before Haiti Landfall

Alternate Version

Monitoring Hurricane Matthew

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Credits

Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Producer
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Visualizer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Writer
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Lead Writer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Narrator
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Editor
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Technical Support
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Hydrology
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Surface Water >> Floods
GCMD >> Location >> Haiti
GCMD >> Location >> Caribbean
GCMD >> Location >> North Carolina
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