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NASA has launched every weather satellite. After launch, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are then managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). GOES satellites monitor storm development and track their movements and provide imagery that television weather forecasters use for all kinds of storms including extreme storms like hurricanes.
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| | New for the 2006 Hurricane Season: '27 Storms' Multimedia Video
"27 Storms: Arlene To Zeta" is a brand new five-minute data visualization showing all 27 named storms of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Data from June 1 to January 7, 2005, show sea surface temperature, clouds, storm tracks and storm strength. Orange and red colors represent ocean temperatures at 82 degrees F or higher - the temperature required for hurricanes to form. Temperature data is from the AMSR-E instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. Global earth image is from NASA's Blue Marble MODIS data composite. NOAA provided the NCEP cloud composite, storm tracks and storm strength. This data visualization was produced by the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. (+ Watch Streaming Video | + Download High-Res Stills & Other Format)
This video and others are available on the updated 2006 video containing animations, data visualizations, interview clips with NASA scientists, and more. (+ Ordering Information | + Resource Reel Video Rundown) (Note: Order after June 1, 2006 to obtain an updated video using library reference number #G05-005B)
Related Links:
+ Hurricane Multimedia gallery (with previews)
+ NASA Video Library
Initial Conditions for the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane Season
 Click image to enlarge. Credit: Sea Surface Temperature data from the Advanced Microwave Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E), courtesy Remote Sensing Systems
June 1 marks the first official day of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. In 2006, conditions in the Atlantic were “hurricane friendly,” said NASA scientist David Adamec, but not quiet as extreme as they had been at the opening of the 2005 hurricane season. Hurricanes need both warm sea surface temperatures and calm winds to develop. Warm water provides both heat and humidity needed for storm formation. Strong winds would tear a developing storm apart, while calm winds allow a hurricane to build. In late May 2006, sea surface temperatures were warmer than normal, and winds were calm. + Read more
Related Links:
+ Click on image to view the Hurricane Fact Sheet.
Other Tropical Storms/Cyclones:
+ Tropical Storm Aletta
+ Cyclone Chanchu
+ Cyclone Mala
+ Cyclone Monica
+ Cyclone Hubert
+ Cyclone Glenda
+ Cyclone Larry
+ Cyclone Carina
+ All hurricanes
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| Satellite Sees Chlorophyll Stirred up by Hurricane Katrina
Wind and wave action from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 stirred up sediments and chlorophyll off the Florida coast.
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| Hurricane Cloud Tops Give Windy Clues
NASA finding that cloud tops provide clues about the behavior of winds below a hurricane on the Earth's surface.
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| NASA Hurricane Specialist Joanne Simpson Honored by American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Joanne Simpson became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 24.
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