![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Fires in Central America - Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
The smoke from the Central American fires forms an opaque cloud over the Gulf of Mexico in this SeaWiFS image. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 4/24/00.
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| Gulf of Mexico on MODIS Band 31 (11 microns) - Liam Gumley, University of Wisconsin - CIMMS
(MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM; MODIS Band Combination: 31) Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 2/24/00.
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| Tropical Storm Larry - Image courtesy the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
The twelfth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season—Tropical Storm Larry—formed in the Gulf of Mexico, on Oct. 1, 2003, due west of the Yucatan Peninsula. The storm gained in intensity in its first 24 hours so that on Oct. 2 it contained maximum sustained winds of 120 km (75 miles) per hour. Hemmed in between two high-pressure ridges, Larry has been tracking slowly southward toward Mexico...
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| Fires in Mexico and Central America - Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, at NASA GSFC
On March 20, 2003, fires in southern Mexico and Central America continued to billow a cloud of smoke out over the Gulf of Mexico. In this true-color (MODIS) image, fires have been marked in red, with the highest density occurring in northern Guatemala.The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
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| TRAINING - (WATER EGRESS)(GT-6 COMMAND PILOT)(CLOSEUP SUITED) - NASA
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. climbs onboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever during water egress training. GULF OF MEXICO CN
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| Fires in the Yucatan and Central America - NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the
The dry season is drawing to a close in southern Mexico and Central America, but numerous fires were still burning on May 10, 2006, filling the skies with smoke. This image centered on the Yucatan Peninsula was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s satellite, and places where the sensor detected fires are marked with red dots. Grayish smoke hangs over the scene, drifting northward over the Gulf of Mexico...
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| Hurricane Wilma - NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data courtesy of the team.
Tropical Depression Wilma does not appear impressive or well organized in this image, acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite at 12:05 p.m. local time, on October 16, 2005. At the time of this MODIS observation, Wilma was still an unnamed tropical depression without the coherent spiral structure and cloud bands of a hurricane. However, the first stirrings of cyclonic development are visible in this image, even though winds were only around 55 kilome...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Smoke over the Gulf of Mexico - Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
On May 9, 2003, smoke from scores of fires burning across southern Mexico and Central America spreads northward over the Gulf of Mexico (center) and the southern U.S. The fires, detected by MODIS and marked with red dots, have been burning for several months. Sensor: Aqua/MODIS. Data Start Date: 5/9/03. Data End Date: 5/9/03.
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Fires in Mexico and Central America - Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the at NASA GSFC
Fires continue to burn across southern Mexico and Central America, sending smoke across the Gulf of Mexico. This (MODIS) is from the satellite on May 17, 2003, and shows active fires marked with red dots. Sensor: Terra/MODIS.
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| Hurricane Emily - NASA image provided courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, team.
Hurricane Emily was re-intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico on July 19, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite captured this image. The image shows the storm at 14:20 p.m. local time in Cancun, Mexico, roughly one day after Emily returned to open waters. At this time, the storm was a Category 1 storm with winds of 150 kilometers per hour (85 knots), slightly stronger than when it first moved off the Yucatan Peninsula the day before...
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| Isidore Stirs Up the Gulf Coast: Image of the Day - NASA -- Image courtesy the seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
These two Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) images were collected ten days apart. The first was collected on September 18, 2002, before Hurricane Isidore blew through. Part of the cloud field associated with Isidore is visible in the lower right corner of the left-hand frame. The second image--collected on September 28, 2002--shows a marked increase in the albedo of the coastal waters, particularly in the northern Gulf of Mexico...
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| Hurricane Emily - NASA image provided courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, team.
Despite its encounter with land, Hurricane Emily retained the characteristic swirling form of a hurricane when it emerged over the Gulf of Mexico on July 18, 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite captured this image at 12:10 p.m. local time in Cancun, Mexico, just after Emily returned to open waters. At this time, the storm was a Category 1 storm with winds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour).The predicts that Emily will regain strength over ...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Isidore Stirs Up the Gulf Coast - Image courtesy the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
These two Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) images were collected ten days apart. The first was collected on September 18, 2002, before Hurricane Isidore blew through. Part of the cloud field associated with Isidore is visible in the lower right corner of the left-hand frame.The second image—collected on September 28, 2002—shows a marked increase in the albedo of the coastal waters, particularly in the northern Gulf of Mexico...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Isidore Stirs Up the Gulf Coast - Image courtesy the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
These two Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) images were collected ten days apart. The first was collected on September 18, 2002, before Hurricane Isidore blew through. Part of the cloud field associated with Isidore is visible in the lower right corner of the left-hand frame.The second image—collected on September 28, 2002—shows a marked increase in the albedo of the coastal waters, particularly in the northern Gulf of Mexico...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Fires in Mexico and Central America - Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, NASA GSFC
On May 9, 2003, smoke from scores of fires burning across southern Mexico and Central America spreads northward over the Gulf of Mexico (center) and the southern U.S. The fires, detected by MODIS and marked with red dots, have been burning for several months.The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of Sensor: Aqua/MODIS.
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| MODIS First Light: Early Engineering Image over Gulf of Mexico and Eastern North America - Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Science Team
(MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM; MODIS Band Combination: 1, 4, 3) Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 2/24/00.
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Emily - NASA image provided courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz, team.
Despite its encounter with land, Hurricane Emily retained the characteristic swirling form of a hurricane when it emerged over the Gulf of Mexico on July 18, 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite captured this image at 12:10 p.m. local time in Cancun, Mexico, just after Emily returned to open waters. At this time, the storm was a Category 1 storm with winds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour).The predicts that Emily will regain strength over ...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| photo-jsc2004e45114 - NASA
JSC2004-E-45114 (13 October 2004) --- A number of NASA's 2004 class of astronaut candidates and some JAXA astronauts tumble during one of a series of reduced gravity sessions provided by special parabolas flown by a KC-135 aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. Randolph J. (Randy) Bresnik, pilot candidate, and Shannon Walker, mission specialist candidate, are in the foreground. This activity is part of the early training program for candidates, who came aboard the NASA program in spring of this year.
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Fires in the Yucatan and Central America - NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the team.
Fires on the Yucatan Peninsula cast a pall of smoke over the Gulf of Mexico on May 8, 2006, veiling its dark blue waters with a dingy white haze. The fires have been marked with red in this photo-like image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite. Although a dense cluster of fires on the eastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula is producing a thick cloud of smoke, much of the haze appears to be coming from fires burning throughout southern Mexico and Cent...
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| Astronaut Walter Schirra suiting up during water egress training - NASA/Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC)
Close-up of Astronaut Walter Schirra suiting up during water egress training on board the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico.
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| photo-jsc2004e45117 - NASA
JSC2004-E-45117 (13 October 2004) --- John Yaniec, lead test director - Reduced Gravity Office, helps to stabilize Dorothy M. (Dottie) Metcalf-Lindenburger, educator mission specialist astronaut candidate, during one of a series of reduced gravity sessions provided by special parabolas flown by the KC-135 aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. Seen in the background are Randolph J. (Randy) Bresnik (left), pilot astronaut candidate, and Jose M...
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| WATER EGRESS - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - TRAINING - NASA
Astronaut John W. Young during water egress training operations in the Gulf of Mexico. MSC, HOUSTON, TX
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| Tropical Storm Larry: Image of the Day - NASA -- Image courtesy the seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
The twelfth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season -- Tropical Storm Larry -- formed in the Gulf of Mexico, on Oct. 1, 2003, due west of the Yucatan Peninsula. The storm gained in intensity in its first 24 hours so that on Oct. 2 it contained maximum sustained winds of 120 km (75 miles) per hour. Hemmed in between two high-pressure ridges, Larry has been tracking slowly southward toward Mexico...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Emily (05L) over the Yucatan Peninsula - Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Despite its encounter with land, Hurricane Emily retained the characteristic swirling form of a hurricane when it emerged over the Gulf of Mexico on July 18, 2005. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite captured this image at 12:10 p.m. local time in Cancun, Mexico, just after Emily returned to open waters. At this time, the storm was a Category 1 storm with winds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour).The predicted that Emily would regain strength ove...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Tropical Storm Bonnie - Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE.
The SeaWiFS sensor onboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Storm Bonnie on August 10 at 3:00 PM EDT. In this south-facing image Bonnie is located in the Gulf of Mexico, just north of the Yucatan Peninsula. The Gulf Coast of the U.S. mainland is located on the upper left-side of the image.At the time this image was taken, Bonnie had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph with a minimum central pressure of 1004 millibars and was moving towards the north near 6 mph...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Fires in Mexico and Central America - Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the NASA-GSFC
Through patchy clouds, the (MODIS) on the satellite got a peek at the progressing biomass burning season in southern Mexico and northern Central America on April 11, 2004. Actively burning fires detected by MODIS are marked in orange in this scene, which centers on the southern Gulf of Mexico (center top) and the Yucatan Peninsula (right). Sensor: Aircraft Sensors/AIRSAR.
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Wilma - NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data courtesy of the team.
Tropical Storm Wilma did not yet have a hurricane’s typical well-organized spiral structure or powerful winds when this image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite at 2:15 p.m. local time, on October 17, 2005. At the time of this MODIS observation, Wilma was building in power and size and developing the shape and form of a full-fledged hurricane, a status it would achieve within the next day.Wilma was the 21st named storm of the 2005 Atlanti...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Gulf of Mexico from MODIS - Nazmi El Saleous, MODIS Land Science Team
True color browse of the first tile produced on the MODLAND 250m production system system. This tile (h09v06) covers the Gulf of Mexico. (Resolution: 250 meters; MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM; MODIS Band Combination: 1, 4, 3) Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 2/24/00.
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Isidore Stirs Up the Gulf Coast - Image courtesy the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
These two Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) images were collected ten days apart. The first was collected on September 18, 2002, before Hurricane Isidore blew through. Part of the cloud field associated with Isidore is visible in the lower right corner of the left-hand frame.The second image—collected on September 28, 2002—shows a marked increase in the albedo of the coastal waters, particularly in the northern Gulf of Mexico...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| MODIS versus SeaWiFS Chlorophyll-A Estimates in the Gulf of Mexico - University of Miami - RSMAS
(Resolution: 1000 meters; Product Level: 2; MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM & SeaWiFS) Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 2/24/00.
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Tropical Storm Bonnie: Natural Hazards - NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
The SeaWiFS sensor onboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this true-color image of Tropical Storm Bonnie on August 10 at 3:00 PM EDT. In this south-facing image Bonnie is located in the Gulf of Mexico, just north of the Yucatan Peninsula. The Gulf Coast of the U.S. mainland is located on the upper left-side of the image. At the time this image was taken, Bonnie had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph with a minimum central pressure of 1004 millibars and was moving towards the north near 6 mph.Im...
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![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | NASA Aids Nation's Response to Oil Spill with Aircraft, Satellites
NASA has mobilized its remote-sensing assets to help assess the spread and impact of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the request of U.S. disaster response agencies. The aircraft is monitoring the spills path and spread, while the research aircrafts instruments can reckon its thickness and depth.
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| Hurricane Irene - Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Hurricane Irene passes Florida in the Gulf of Mexico in this SeaWiFS image. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 10/15/99.
Keywords: Where -- Florida; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Isidore Brings Heavy Rains to Cuba - Image courtesy Hal Pierce, NASA GSFC Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch (Code 912). For more information and other examples of TRMM data, visit the Web site.
This false-color image shows total cumulative rainfall produced by Hurricane Isidore from September 17-23, 2002. Isidore tracked south of Cuba and produced between 20 (green pixels) and 40 (red pixels) inches or rain over western Cuba, the Isle of Youth, and adjacent waters before passing into the Gulf of Mexico. Click the image above to view the time-series animation. These images were acquired by the NASA/NASDA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission...
Keywords: Where -- Cuba; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Fires and smoke across Central America - Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
On April 20, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image of fires burning across the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. The fires, marked in red, are billowing thick smoke, which has pooled into the nooks and crannies of the rugged terrain. The smoke is stretching northward over the Gulf of Mexico. Sensor: Aqua/MODIS. Data Start Date: 4/20/03...
Keywords: What -- Aqua; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Frances (06L) over Florida - Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Slow-moving Hurricane Frances crept across Florida on Sunday, September 5, 2004, producing hour after hour of heavy rains. This image of Frances was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite at 2:15 in the afternoon (EDT). The storm.’s eye is barely visible to the east of Tampa bay, in the middle of Florida’s western coast. Frances was predicted to strengthen once again as the storm moved into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday...
Keywords: Where -- Florida; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Ivan (09L) off Cuba - Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Now a powerful and rare Category 5 storm, Hurricane Ivan is moving between Cuba, right, and the Yucatan Peninsula, left into the Gulf of Mexico. When the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite acquired this image at 15:55 UTC (10:55 a.m. EDT) on September 13, 2004, the storm boasted winds of 260 kilometers per hour (160 mph). The storm was located about 110 kilometers southeast of Cuba, and was moving northwest at 13 kilometers per hour (8 mph)...
Keywords: Where -- Cuba; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Emily (05L) approaching Mexico and Texas - Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Hurricane Emily was re-intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico on July 19, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite captured this image. The image shows the storm at 14:20 p.m. local time in Cancun, Mexico, roughly one day after Emily returned to open waters. At this time, the storm was a Category 1 storm with winds of 150 kilometers per hour (85 knots), slightly stronger than when it first moved off the Yucatan Peninsula the day before...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico; Where -- Texas
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| Tropical Storm Katrina (12L) approaching Florida - Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Hurricane Katrina was in its early stages of development when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite captured this image at 11:50 a.m. U.S. Eastern time on August 24, 2005. Though the storm does not seem to be particularly organized in this image, it had gained tropical storm status and its name nearly six hours earlier. Katrina would become a hurricane on August 25, shortly before crossing southern Florida into the Gulf of Mexico...
Keywords: Where -- Florida; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Smoke Plume from Florida Fires - Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Wind is blowing directly westward in this SeaWiFS image, carrying the smoke plume from fires in Florida out over the Gulf of Mexico. The plume appears to be about 150 kilometers long. Another possible plume can be seen in the northern part of the state. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS. Data Start Date: 4/10/00.
Keywords: Where -- Florida; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Emily - Jeff Schmaltz
Despite its encounter with land, Hurricane Emily retained the characteristic swirling form of a hurricane when it emerged over the Gulf of Mexico on July 18, 2005. The Terra MODIS instrument captured this image at 12:10 p.m. local time in Cancun, Mexico, just after Emily returned to open waters. At this time, the storm was a Category 1 storm with winds of 65 knots (about 75 miles per hour; 1knot = 1.15 mph).The predicts that Emily will regain strength over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, ...
Keywords: What -- Terra; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Rita over the Gulf Coast - Jeff Schmaltz
On the afternoon of Saturday, September 24, 2005, Hurricane Rita swept past the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and into the Mississippi Valley. Although the storm was neither as destructive as once feared, nor as destructive as Hurricane Katrina, it still caused several billion dollars in damage, killed at least seven people directly and dozens indirectly during the evacuation, and caused over 3 million to flee their homes...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico; Where -- Mississippi
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| Hurricane Wilma - NASA image courtesy of David Long, Brigham Young University, on the , and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Tropical Storm Wilma is shown here as observed by NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite on October 17, 2005, at 9:28 UTC (5:28 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time). At this time, the storm had 65-kilometer-per-hour (40-mile-per-hour; 35-knot) sustained winds. At the time of this observation, Wilma had only just become strong enough to be classified as a tropical storm and to acquire a name. Doing so, Wilma became the 21st named storm of the 2005 hurricane season...
Keywords: What -- QuikSCAT; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Hurricane Wilma - NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, Goddard Space Flight Center
Hurricane Wilma was a powerful Category 4 storm when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer () on NASA’s satellite took this image at 2:50 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on October 20, 2005. The previous day, Wilma had surged from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in record time. Winds around the eyewall of the storm were raging at 280 kilometers per hour (175 miles per hour). National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) aircraft had also measured a record-low air ...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico; Where -- Cuba
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| Tropical Storm Alberto - Jesse Allen
Tropical Storm Alberto formed as a tropical depression early in the morning on June 10, 2006, in the Yucatan Channel. This narrow gap of ocean lies between the western end of Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico. Alberto gradually gathered strength as it took a slow track northward into the Gulf. By early morning on June 11, wind strength within the storm crossed the critical threshold of 39 knots (70 kilometers per hour; 45 miles per hour), the minimum wind speed ne...
Keywords: Where -- Cuba; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Mississippi Delta and Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Coastline - MODIS Land Science Team
(MODIS Data Type: MODIS-PFM; MODIS Band Combination: 1, 4, 3) Sensor: Terra/MODIS. Data Start Date: 2/24/00.
Keywords: Where -- Mississippi; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| SeaWiFS: Gulf Coast Sediments - Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
In this SeaWiFS image captured on December 20, 2001, the view of the U.S. Gulf Coast shows turbid waters of various hues flowing out into the Gulf of Mexico. Areas like the Mississippi Delta, Atchafalaya Bay, and the Brazos River outflow appear fairly bright and light in color. The outflows from the Pascagoula and Sabine rivers, on the other hand, have a rich, dark brown color. Sensor: OrbView-2/SeaWiFS...
Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico; Where -- Mississippi
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| Smoke from Fires in Southern Mexico - Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL,
On May 2, 2002, numerous fires in southern Mexico sent smoke drifting northward over the Gulf of Mexico. These views from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) illustrate the smoke extent over parts of the Gulf and the southern Mexican states of Tabasco, Campeche and Chiapas. At the same time, dozens of other fires were also burning in the Yucatan Peninsula and across Central America. A similar situation occurred in May and June of 1998, when Central American fires resulted in air qua...
Keywords: What -- MISR; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Texas (before floods) - Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Southeast of San Antonio, Texas, rivers that were barely discernible in satellite imagery acquired in late June 2002 stand out clearly in images from early July. Heavy rains during the first week of July brought as much as 2 feet of rain to some places in southeast Texas, and this pair of images from the (MODIS) on the satellite shows the result: massive flooding of three major river systems along the Gulf of Mexico.In this pair of false-color images from June 24, 2002 (before floods) and July 8...
Keywords: Where -- Texas; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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| Floods in Texas - Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Southeast of San Antonio, Texas, rivers that were barely discernible in satellite imagery acquired in late June 2002 stand out clearly in images from early July. Heavy rains during the first week of July brought as much as 2 feet of rain to some places in southeast Texas, and this pair of images from the (MODIS) on the satellite shows the result: massive flooding of three major river systems along the Gulf of Mexico.In this pair of false-color images from June 24, 2002 (before floods) and July 8...
Keywords: Where -- Texas; Where -- Gulf of Mexico
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