Earth ID: 172

GOES Water Vapor: 1995 Hurricane Season

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on January 1, 1998

An animation of atmospheric water vapor over the Western Hemisphere for the period from May 5, 1995 through October 31, 1995, as measured by GOES. The animation shows the entire hemisphere, then zooms in to show the North Atlantic and the hurricanes during this period.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Fritz Hasler (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Dennis Chesters (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:

GOES-8

1995/05/11-1995/10/31

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Dates of Data Used:
1995/05/11-1995/10/31

This item is part of this series:
Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
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