Hurricane Ian's Clouds, Lightning, Humidity, and Winds 

This visualization begins with an image sequence of cloud and lightning images of Hurricane Ian created by Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and NOAA. The image sequence fades to show the volume of humidity (shown in blue) along with the wind flows near the surface. As the camera pulls back we see the humidity in a 9 degree by 9 degree region off the western coast of Florida. A box containing this region gradually grows in altitude showing the fast wind circulation above the humidity volume up to an altitude of 17 km. 

Theplanned Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite system will provide real-time, high-resolution visible and infrared imagery for monitoring the Earth's weather, ocean, and environment. The GeoXO Sounder(GXS) will provide information about the vertical distribution ofatmospheric moisture, winds, and temperature. The GeoXO imager(GXI) will be a key tool for forcasters to help identift hurricanes and analyze the storm's environment. 


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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5131/ 

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