A Closer Look at Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes

Aircraft campaigns have the potential to help scientists answer one of the toughest challenges in hurricane forecasting.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Closer Look at Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS and VIIRS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published October 17, 2017
Data acquired September 17 - 18, 2017