CloudSat Profile of Typhoon Malakas (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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CloudSat captured an image of Typhoon Malakas at12:09 a.m. EDT on Sept. 23 that indicated strong convection on either side of the storm eyewall, with maximum cloud top heights around 9.3 miles (15 kilometers) in the southern quadrant of the storm, and approaching 10 miles (16 km) in the northern quadrant.

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NASA/JPL/Colorado State University/Naval Research Laboratory-Monterey

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