Earth  ID: 2795

Hurricane Fabian

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on September 5, 2003
The wide-angle lens of the Sea-viewing Wide-Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) instrument on the Orbview-2 satellite captured this picture of Fabian Sept. 4, 2003, near Bermuda.
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Meanwhile, scientists use space-based tools to help assess the hurricanes impact on Bermuda as well as the East Coast.
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Category 3 hurricane Fabian, moving towards Bermuda at 17 mph. 28 km-hr.
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Video slate image reads "Moving at a speed of 17 mph., Hurricane Fabian (category #3) moves towards Bermuda."

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Norman Kuring (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).

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Data Used:
SeaStar/SeaWiFS/True Color 2003/09/04
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This item is part of these series:
Hurricanes
SeaWiFS Hurricanes

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