Topic 2b - Sea Surface Temperature and Tropical Storms

Ocean temperature column below hurricane

Simulated Upper Ocean Temperature Response Underneath a Hurricane

http://www-udc.ig.utexas.edu

Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene image taken by GOES-13

http://www.nasa.gov

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina image taken by NOAA-16 on August 28, 2005.

http://www.noaa.gov

Hurricane Katrina 2

Hurricane Katrina, as seen by the GEOS-12 satellite.

https://pmm.nasa.gov

Global mean sea surface

Global mean sea surface

Global Sea Surface Temperature

Taken by Sentinel 3A on 04/07/2016

Tropical Pacific

Comparison between OSTIA (monthly climate) analysis and IASI (Numerical Weather prediction) for the Tropical Pacific

Eastern North Pacific Tropical Forecast

Tropical cyclone formation potential for the 5 day period ending on October 14th 2016.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Hurricane Mathew VIIRS

On Oct. 9 at 3:40 a.m. EDT VIIRS data from NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite showed cloud top temperatures of powerful storms as cold as minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit (yellow) north of the center of circulation.

http://www.nasa.gov

Hurricane Mathew

On Oct. 8 at 2:20 p.m. EDT NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Hurricane Matthew’s clouds over the southeastern United States.

http://www.nasa.gov