Atlantic Heat Source for Hurricane Irene

Plenty of warm-water fuel waits in the Atlantic Basin for Hurricane Irene and other tropical storms to build themselves up in August 2011.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using merged AMSR-E/MODIS data processed and provided by Chelle Gentemann and Frank Wentz, Remote Sensing Systems. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published August 25, 2011
Data acquired August 24, 2011

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Aqua > AMSR-E