Nasa s advanced rapid imaging and analysis team at the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena california created the map using images from the japanese satellite alos 2 palsar 2 taken before and.
Satellite space hurricane harvey.
Nasa s cloudsat satellite flew over tropical storm harvey on aug.
26 as the storm was nearly stationary over south texas.
And then there is the view from space from 400 to 600 miles above where remote sensing satellites make their silent rounds repeatedly mapping the planet at resolutions measured in inches or in.
Large amounts of liquid and ice water denoted by the red and pink colors.
Soil moisture satellite observes harvey s wrath.
25 2017 nasa astronaut jack fischer photographed hurricane harvey from the cupola module aboard the international space station as it intensified on its way toward the texas coast.
24 the national hurricane center nhc upgraded harvey from a tropical storm to a hurricane as weather satellites observed the storm gaining strength in the gulf of mexico.
Satellites like nasa s aqua satellite and platforms like aircraft and the international space station continue to provide various kinds of data on the storm.
Nasa has a lot of resources providing information on tropical storm harvey as it continues to drop tremendous flooding rainfall on texas and louisiana.