Hurricane Irma Satellite Images

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Hurricane irma satellite images.

A team of noaa aviators have been taking aerial imagery of locations affected by hurricane irma. Created by noaa s partners at the cooperative institute for research in the atmosphere the experimental imagery enhancement displays geostationary satellite data in different ways for day or night. Assessing irma s destruction from the air. The images are a crucial tool in determining the extent of the damage inflicted by storms and flooding.

Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017. These images of the virgin islands captured by the operational land imager oli on nasa s landsat 8 satellite show just how much hurricane irma has changed the landscape. In addition it will be used for ongoing research efforts for testing and developing standards for airborne digital imagery. Please direct all questions and comments regarding goes e goes 16 images to.

About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements. The wind flow around hurricane irma s eye is illustrated in this overlay with a visible. Oceans coasts. The nasa noaa suomi npp national polar orbiting partnership satellite captured a high resolution visible light image of hurricane irma on sept.

Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. Hurricane irma aerial imagery response. The light blue color shows sediment suspended. Sand disturbed by the passing of hurricane irma hurricane irma didn t just impact land.

At the time it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open atlantic region outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico. 4 before it was upgraded to a category 5 storm. As seen in these before and after true color images captured by the viirs instrument on the noaa nasa suomi npp satellite september 7 2017 top and september 11 bottom the storm altered the distribution of sand around the coast of florida. These satellite images display its fierce power.

Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. By comparing the aerial not satellite. Irma became a rare category 5 hurricane on tuesday.