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Comparing the Winds of Sandy and Katrina
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Published November 6, 2012
The scenes of devastation and wreckage that these two hurricanes left behind were tragically similar, but the meteorology was very different.
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Typhoon Mirinae
Published November 3, 2009
Although Mirinae was weakening, its winds maintained the classic spiral structure associated with well-organized tropical cyclones in this image of the storm’s wind structure on November 1, 2009.
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Tropical Storm Mujigae
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Published September 11, 2009
Acquired September 9, 2009, this image uses color coding and barbs to indicate wind speed and direction for Tropical Storm Mujigae. The image captures the storm center immediately west of the Philippine island of Luzon.
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Tropical Storm Linda
This image uses color codes and barbs to show relative wind speeds and wind directions of Tropical Storm Linda on September 10, 2009.
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Hurricane Jimena
Published September 4, 2009
In this QuikSCAT image, Hurricane Jimena has a core of strong winds, shown in purple and pink, surrounded target-like by gradually weakening winds.
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Tropical Storm Hilda
Published August 25, 2009
This view of the wind speed and direction of Tropical Storm Hilda was captured by the QuikSCAT satellite on August 24, 2009.
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Typhoon Vamco
Published August 24, 2009
A weakening Cyclone Vamco was headed northeast toward Alaska’ Aleutian Islands on August 25, 2009. This image of the Vamco’ winds was captured by NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite on August 24.
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Hurricane Felicia
Published August 7, 2009
Felicia had a compact, strong center, surrounded by distinctive bands of strong wind when QuikSCAT acquired this image on August 6, 2009.
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Typhoon Morakot
Strong winds surround a calm center in this visualization of Typhoon Morakot.