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Hurricane irma satellite imagery.
Hurricane irma began showing its convective appearance on satellite imagery the 26 27th of august 2017 as it moved into the eastern atlantic waters.
Noaa released aerial imagery that reveals the extent of the damage that hurricane irma unleashed along the coast of florida.
The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year.
At the time it was considered as the most powerful hurricane on record in the open atlantic region outside of the caribbean sea and gulf of mexico.
Hurricane irma aerial imagery response.
Hurricane irma was an extremely powerful cape verde hurricane that caused widespread destruction across its path in september 2017.
Given irma s extreme intensity satellite imagery is.
Hurricane irma north of puerto rico and the virgin islands 20 15z september 6 2017.
A team of noaa aviators have been taking aerial imagery of locations affected by hurricane irma the images are a crucial tool in determining the extent of the damage inflicted by storms and flooding.
Irma was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the leeward islands on record followed by maria two weeks later.
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During the morning of august 30th irma was classified as a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph moving westward at 13 mph about 400 miles to the east of the cabo verde islands.
The office of satellite and product operations ospo is part of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis.
About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements.
In addition it will be used for ongoing research efforts for testing and developing standards for airborne digital imagery.