Caption: An example of the vertical wind shear field over the Atlantic including tropical cyclones Floyd and Gert (red icons). Wind shear has a major impact on tropical cyclone intensity.
Images courtesy: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Date: 9/99
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Caption: An image from the Wavetrak product over the Atlantic, showing a satellite mosaic of infrared imagery and winds tracked from successive images. Floyd and Gert appear.
Images courtesy: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Date: 9/99
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Caption: An example of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, which can visualize temperatures within a storm. This image is of Hurricane Floyd. Temperature strongly correlates with the strength of a storm.
Images courtesy: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Date: 9/99
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