UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI


Tropical Satellite Sectors

* Please make the following three selections, then click on a colored rectangle to view that sector.

1) VISIBLE
    INFRARED
    WATER VAPOR
    SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE   (updated daily ~8:30 am Eastern)
    SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALY   (updated daily ~8:30 am Eastern)
    OCEAN HEAT CONTENT   (updated daily ~8:30 am Eastern)
    OCEAN HEAT CONTENT ANOMALY   (updated daily ~8:30 am Eastern)
    SURFACE WIND   (updated twice daily ~12 am/pm Eastern)
    SURFACE VORTICITY   (updated twice daily ~12 am/pm Eastern)

2) SINGLE IMAGE
    ANIMATION

3) FEWER FRAMES (8 frames in animation)
    MORE FRAMES (15 frames in animation)

ImageMap

NOTES:
    - The areas where sectors overlap are shaded in gray and are not clickable.
    - The surface winds are from a scatterometer (ASCAT) on a polar-orbiting satellite and have swath gaps in the data. Winds cannot be retrieved over land.
    - The surface vorticity is derived from the winds so also has gaps. Only cyclonic values above a given threshold are contoured.
    - Always check the date/time printed on images, they may not always be current!


GOES images: NASA/MSFC/GHCC
SST data: NASA/MSFC/SPoRT
OHC data: UM/Rosenstiel (undefined in shallow water and where SST < 26°C)
ASCAT-C data: EUMETSAT
GULF OF MEXICO CARIBBEAN SEA US EAST COAST EAST ATLANTIC EAST PACIFIC ATLANTIC


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