2021 Hurricane Season through September
- Visualizations by:
- Alex Kekesi and
- Greg Shirah
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This visualization shows the hurricanes and tropical storms of 2021 as seen by NASA’s Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) - a data product combining precipitation observations from infrared and microwave satellite sensors united by the GPM Core Observatory. IMERG provides near real-time half-hourly precipitation estimates at ~10km resolution for the entire globe, helping researchers better understand Earth’s water cycle and extreme weather events, with applications for disaster management, tracking disease, resource management, energy production and food security. IMERG rain rates (in mm/hr) are laid under infrared cloud data from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Cloud Composite dataset together with storm tracks from the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting (ATCF) model. Sea surface temperatures (SST) are also shown over the oceans, derived from the NASA Multi-sensor Ultra-high Resolution (MUR) dataset, which combines data from multiple geostationary and orbiting satellites. Sea surface temperatures play an important role in hurricane formation and development, with warmer temperatures linked to more intense storms.
This data visualization was done for the United Nations Climate Change Conference - Conference of the Parties (COP) 26. The 2021 hurricane season officially ends November 30th. This data visualization will be periodically updated until that date.
This data visualization was done for the United Nations Climate Change Conference - Conference of the Parties (COP) 26. The 2021 hurricane season officially ends November 30th. This data visualization will be periodically updated until that date.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Additional credits:
Storm tracks and strengths courtesy of NOAA's National Weather Service.
Blue Marble MODIS data composite courtesy of the MODIS Science Team NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the NASA Earth Observatory.
Music created and produced by UniqueTracks. Fantasy (theme from Norma) - Vincenzo Bellini.
Animators
- Alex Kekesi (GST) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Technical support
- Ian Jones (ADNET)
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET)
Data provider
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
IMERG
Data CompilationNASA/GSFC5/1/2021 - 9/30/2021
Hurricane Tracks (A.K.A. Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecast (ATCF) - Best Track)
Event ListNOAA5/1/2021 - 9/30/2021
Credit: NOAA
Dataset can be found at: https://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/atcf/
See more visualizations using this data setCPC (Climate Prediction Center) Cloud Composite
Data CompilationClimate Prediction Center (CPC)5/1/2021 - 9/30/2021
Global cloud cover from multiple satellites
See more visualizations using this data setMUR SST (A.K.A. Multi-scale Ultra-high Resolution (MUR) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis)
AnalysisJPL PO DAAC5/1/2021 - 9/30/2021
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