Earth  ID: 3226

Sea Surface Temperature, Clouds, and Tropical Depression/Storm/Hurricane Tracks from June 1, 2005 to August 29, 2005

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on September 9, 2005
This visualization shows sea surface temperatures during the early part of the 2005 hurricane season. Overlaid are infrared cloud data and storm track data. Ocean temperatures are the fuel that drive hurricanes. Notice the correspondence between the storm tracks and the sea surface temperature response; this is particulary noticeable for hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and Katrina.
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Sea surface temperature with clouds and storm tracks overlaid showing the first half of the 2005 hurricane season
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Sea surface temperature with clouds overlaid showing the first half of the 2005 hurricane season (no storm tracks)
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Overlay frames (with alpha) of Katrina's storm track
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Overlay frames (with alpha) of storm tracks up to Katrina (not including Katrina)
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Sea surface temperature with clouds and tracks on Aug 29, 2005
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Sea surface temperature color bar (blue is about 20 degrees C and less, red is about 30 degrees C and higher)

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Animator
J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
GOES/IR4
2005/06/01 - 2005/08/29
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Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Hurricane/Tropical Data
Database - Unisys - 2005/06/01 - 2005/08/29
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Terra/MODIS/Blue Marble
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Hurricane Katrina

Keywords:
DLESE >> Agricultural science
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Ocean Temperature >> Sea Surface Temperature
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