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| | | | | | | ERS-2 has ringside view of Hurricane Wilma's violent winds
24 October 2005
| ERS-2 Scatterometer view showing the wind speed and direction around Hurricane Wilma, processed within an hour by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KMNI) to help forecasters update their information on the position and strength of the storm.
Credits: KNMI | |  |  | |
| | | | | Envisat MERIS Reduced Resolution mode image of Hurricane Wilma acquired 21 October, with a spatial resolution of 1200 metres, as the storm is about to strike the Yucatan Peninsula, with the well-defined eye wall close to Cozumel Island.
Credits: ESA | | | | |
| | | | | Cloud-top pressure for Wilma, derived from the 21 October MERIS image by Freie Universität Berlin. Cloud-top pressure is defined as the atmospheric pressure at the altitude of the top of the cloud, measured in hectopascals (hPa). The structure of the hurricane is clear, including a well-defined eye, eye wall and spiral arms made up of dense thunderstorms.
Credits: ESA/FUB | | | | |
| | | | ESA's scatterometer future
| The follow-on from ERS-1, ESA's ERS-2 Earth Observation satellite remains operational more than a decade after its 1995 launch. Its payload includes a unique C-band scatterometer that can measure wind fields at the heart of storms of hurricanes, even through clouds and heavy rain.
Credits: EADS Astrium | | | | |
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