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Intensifying Hurricane Studied by NASA's TROPICS Satellites

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Tom Patton
Jul 21, 2023
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NASA's TROPICS satellites have returned their first images of an intensifying hurricane off the coast of Mexico.

“Structural changes in brightness temperature can help tell us whether a storm is intensifying or weakening.”

Patrick Duran, NASA

Data from the TROPICS mission — short for Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity…

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