Satellite Space Hurricane Harvey

Harvey dropped buckets of rain on areas that were already very dry or very wet.

Satellite space hurricane harvey.

Nasa s global precipitation measurement mission gpm satellite flew over the area on wednesday morning and detected areas of heavy rainfall in the clouds of tropical storm harvey with some. And then there is the view from space from 400 to 600 miles above where remote sensing satellites make their silent rounds repeatedly mapping the planet at resolutions measured in inches or in. 25 2017 nasa astronaut jack fischer photographed hurricane harvey from the cupola module aboard the international space station as it intensified on its way toward the texas coast. Nasa has a lot of resources providing information on tropical storm harvey as it continues to drop tremendous flooding rainfall on texas and louisiana.

Satellites like nasa s aqua satellite and platforms like aircraft and the international space station continue to provide various kinds of data on the storm. Large amounts of liquid and ice water denoted by the red and pink colors. Soil moisture satellite observes harvey s wrath. Nasa s advanced rapid imaging and analysis team at the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena california created the map using images from the japanese satellite alos 2 palsar 2 taken before and.

24 the national hurricane center nhc upgraded harvey from a tropical storm to a hurricane as weather satellites observed the storm gaining strength in the gulf of mexico.