English: This Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite image of Tropical Storm Kyle was captured on October 3, while the storm was still far from land. The swath of the orbiter can be seen across the swirl of Kyle's cloud tops, where the different colors reveal rain intensity and structure. In this image blue indicates light rain and red indicates heavy rain. While rainfall in the eastern rain band appears impressive, TRMM unveils why Kyle ultimately failed to strengthen--poor organization of rain around the eye. The rain bands do not form a completely circular eyewall, and only light, sporadic rains are found in the northwestern quadrant. Since hurricanes derive their energy from condensation of water vapor into rain, the lack of organized rains all the way around the inner core of Kyle suggest that this storm's "heat engine" was not operating at peak capacity.
While TRMM occasionally captures spectacular images of intense rain clouds within the interior of powerful Atlantic hurricanes, it is also important to study marginal storms such as Kyle to determine why some tropical disturbances thrive while others fail. Ultimately this knowledge will lead to better predictions of which tropical cyclones pose the greatest U.S. threat.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [5]
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2006-08-17 04:14 Chacor 1024×576×8 (812691 bytes) TRMM image of 2002's Hurricane Kyle. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=5180 Description: This Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite image of Tropical Storm Kyle was captured on October 3, while
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