AIRS Image of Chris (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

AIRS Image of Chris

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AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Hurricane Chris on July 11 at 2:17 a.m. EDT (0617 UTC) and analyzed the storm in infrared light. AIRS found strongest storms in a thick band around the eye, and in large, fragmented bands of thunderstorms north and east of the center with cloud top temperatures as cold as -63F/-53C.

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Credits: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson

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