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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Gets an Infrared look at Typhoon Soudelor

2017-12-08

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On August 6, 2015, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over powerful Typhoon Soudelor when it was headed toward Taiwan.

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi satellite captured an infrared image of the typhoon. The infrared image that showed there were some thunderstorms within the typhoon with very cold cloud top temperatures, colder than -63F/-53C. Temperatures that cold stretch high into the troposphere and are capable of generating heavy rain.

Credit: UWM/CIMSS/SSEC, William Straka III

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  • Title: NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP Gets an Infrared look at Typhoon Soudelor
  • Date Created: 2017-12-08
  • Location: Greenbelt, MD
  • Rights: GSFC
  • Album: ayoung

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