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February 7, 2009 - Cyclone Gael
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Tropical Cyclone Gael tracked westward across the southern Indian Ocean in early February 2009. The storm grazed the small island of Mauritius, and had approached the central coast of Madagascar on February 5, when this image was captured by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite.
A wide gap had opened up in the storm west of the eye, but the inward, clockwise spiral of the cloud bands was still apparent. Thunderstorms are embedded in the cloud bands; their high tops seem to boil up from the surrounding clouds. The image was acquired at 2:10 p.m. local time on Reunion Island.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 02/05/2009
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Tropical Cyclone Gael tracked westward across the southern Indian Ocean in early February 2009. The storm grazed the small island of Mauritius, and had approached the central coast of Madagascar on February 5, when this image was captured by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite.
A wide gap had opened up in the storm west of the eye, but the inward, clockwise spiral of the cloud bands was still apparent. Thunderstorms are embedded in the cloud bands; their high tops seem to boil up from the surrounding clouds. The image was acquired at 2:10 p.m. local time on Reunion Island.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 02/05/2009
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
