I think we can tell where the center is now...
-Eric
New quickscat... impresive.
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sweetpea wrote:I don't know how to read this map. Is all that blank space the eye??????
That shows the direction of the wind and the speed of the wind.
If you look into the very center of the black area, that's the eye.
The black area is the strongest winds, and they get lighter further out.
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dhweather wrote:sweetpea wrote:I don't know how to read this map. Is all that blank space the eye??????
That shows the direction of the wind and the speed of the wind.
If you look into the very center of the black area, that's the eye.
The black area is the strongest winds, and they get lighter further out.
^ yup... and the blank space is where the sat. missed data.
-Eric
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ericinmia wrote:dhweather wrote:sweetpea wrote:I don't know how to read this map. Is all that blank space the eye??????
That shows the direction of the wind and the speed of the wind.
If you look into the very center of the black area, that's the eye.
The black area is the strongest winds, and they get lighter further out.
^ yup... and the blank space is where the sat. missed data.
-Eric
Not exactly, but close - polar orbiting satellites don't always sample the entire planet, especially near the equator and Tropics where the earth is fattest. The QUIKSCAT satellite obviously has rather large swaths that aren't sampled by each pass of the bird. I could go into much more detail but I'd bore you and it's not necessarily important. Sometimes, the QUIKSCAT instrument will miss the storm, unfortunately - we got lucky with the most recent pass.
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PurdueWx80 wrote:Not exactly, but close - polar orbiting satellites don't always sample the entire planet, especially near the equator and Tropics where the earth is fattest. The QUIKSCAT satellite obviously has rather large swaths that aren't sampled by each pass of the bird. I could go into much more detail but I'd bore you and it's not necessarily important. Sometimes, the QUIKSCAT instrument will miss the storm, unfortunately - we got lucky with the most recent pass.
Thats what i meant by missed, but i'm a little preoccupied so i write it all up, thanks Purdue...
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