NASA Infrared Data Shows Bands of Thunderstorms Around 96W (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Infrared Data Shows Bands of Thunderstorms Around 96W

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When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over System 96W on March 27 it captured this infrared image of the low pressure area. Aqua captured an infrared image of the storm's cloud top temperatures using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument. AIRS data showed that the strongest thunderstorms (purple) have cloud top temperatures colder than 230 degrees Kelvin (-45.6 F/-43.1C), indicating they're high in the troposphere and strong storms. Those storms were in bands east and west of the center.

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NASA/JPL, Ed Olsen

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