NASA's Aqua Satellite Passed Over Tropical Storm 13W (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA's Aqua Satellite Passed Over Tropical Storm 13W

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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm 13W on Aug. 6 at 0205 UTC (Aug. 5 10:05 a.m. EDT). The AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of the cloud temperatures that showed the strongest storms (purple) and heaviest rainfall north and east of the center of circulation.

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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