Microwave of Mirinae Shows Forming Eye (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Microwave of Mirinae Shows Forming Eye

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This NASA AIRS microwave image of Mirinae from Oct. 27 shows the development of an eye (purple area resembling a half moon). Cold areas (yellow-green) indicate precipitation or ice in the cloud tops. The purple area has the coldest cloud temperatures (as cold as -63F), and suggest cloud tops are near the tropopause.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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