2008 EARTH SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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| 2008 HURRICANE UPDATE (720p/59.94) | G08-HD126 | 9/5/08 | 10:52 | The 2008 hurricane season has already seen its share of severe storms, and it's not over yet. As this hurricane season wears on, NASA will continue to monitor these devastating storms with its fleet of Earth-observing satellites -- satellites that measure numerous characteristics of these storms, including sea surface temperatures, winds, and rainfall.
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| ITEM (1): Tropical Storm Hanna - This visualization shows Tropical Storm Hanna over the Bahamas on September 1, 2008.
Courtesy: NASA
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| ITEM (2): Examining Hurricane Gustav's Cloud Structure - Nearly three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast, another major storm threatened the area. Hurricane Gustav gained power as it plowed through the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The storm made landfall along the coast of Louisiana on September 1, 2008. This visualization shows Hurricane Gustav's eye and cloud structure. At this time the storm had weakened from a category 4 to a category 3 with winds of 115 mph. While the storm did not hit the Gulf Coast with the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina, it still caused extensive damage throughout the region.
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| ITEM (3): Hurricane Gustav Just Before Landfall, August 31, 2008 - NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Gustav on August 31, 2008, as the Gulf Coast braced for the worst. At this time the storm was a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 115 mph. The TRMM spacecraft allows scientists to peer through the clouds to view the rain structure that fuels the storm.
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| ITEM (4): Hurricane Gustav Over Haiti, August 27, 2008 - This view of Hurricane Gustav was captured on August 27, 2008, as the storm was over Haiti. At this time Gustav was a category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph. Hurricane Gustav weakened as it stalled over Haiti.
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| ITEM (5): Hurricane Gustav Slams in to Haiti, August 26, 2008 - Just before Hurricane Gustav reached Haiti, it had sustained winds of 86 mph, as shown in this visualization from NASA's TRMM spacecraft on August 26, 2008.
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| ITEM (6): Tropical Storm Fay Inundates Florida - NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Tropical Storm Fay on August 20, 2008, as it crossed Florida. The storm stalled in this location for 24 hours and brought over 24 inches of rain to the eastern part of the state. In fact, Tropical Storm Fay set a record, having four landfalls in Florida.
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| ITEM (7): Tropical Storm Edouard - This visualization shows Tropical Storm Edouard as it made landfall in Texas on August 5, 2008. At this time the storm had sustained winds of 63 mph.
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| ITEM (8): Towers in the Tempest - 'Towers in the Tempest' is a narrated animation that explains recent scientific insights into how hurricanes intensify. This intensification can be caused by a phenomenon called a 'hot tower'. A 'hot tower' is a rain cloud that reaches at least to the top of the troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere. Looking at hot towers can improve scientists' ability to predict a hurricane's intensity.
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