File:March 2 tornadoes GOES animation.ogv
March_2_tornadoes_GOES_animation.ogv (Ogg Theora video file, length 7.8 s, 640 × 360 pixels, 3.54 Mbps, file size: 3.29 MB)
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[edit]DescriptionMarch 2 tornadoes GOES animation.ogv |
English: Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest and Appalachians on March 2, 2012. According to CNN, at least 36 people were killed, with the majority of the victims in Indiana and Kentucky. On the Weather Underground blog, meteorologist Jeff Masters described the outbreak as a result of warm, wet air from the Gulf of Mexico mixing with cold, dry air aloft.
This animation is a combination of thermal infrared (heat) and visible imagery from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-East (GOES-East), and a color map from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The animation begins at 12:01 a.m. EST (0501 UTC) March 2 , and continues until 12:01 EST (0501 UTC) March 3. |
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Source | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77308 |
Author | Images by Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, NOAA-NASA GOES Project. Animation and caption by Robert Simmon. |
Other versions | Mar 2 2012 Tornado Outbreak 2115Z.jpg |
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.
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