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Comparing the Winds of Sandy and Katrina

The scenes of devastation and wreckage that these two hurricanes left behind were tragically similar, but the meteorology was very different.


Data courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's QuikSCAT and the Indian Space Research Organization OceanSat-2 missions. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Jenni Evans, Bryan Stiles, Brian McNoldy, and Alexander Fore.

Published November 6, 2012
Data acquired October 28, 2012

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QuikSCAT