NASA Microwave Image of Mirinae (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Microwave Image of Mirinae

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Microwave images are created when data from NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS and AMSU instruments are combined. The cold areas in this image (yellow-green) indicates where there is precipitation or ice in the cloud tops. This microwave image of Typhoon Mirinae suggests cold, high thunderstorms have developed and an eye is forming.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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