File:Tropical Cyclone Monica, Image of the Day DVIDS838900.jpg
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DescriptionTropical Cyclone Monica, Image of the Day DVIDS838900.jpg |
English: Tropical Cyclone Monica formed off the northeastern coast of Australia on April 17, 2006. This is the same general area where earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13431 Cyclone Larry formed a month earlier. On April 19 and 20, Cyclone Monica crossed Cape York Peninsula with weaker winds than Larry, and its path in northern Queensland took it well away from most settled areas. However, Monica's second act proved quite different. The cyclone gathered size and power in the Gulf of Carpentaria and rebuilt into a Category 5 storm. Monica grazed across the top of the Northern Territory, threatening communities throughout Arnhem Land, Kakadu, and the city of Darwin with heavy rains and very high winds. Many Australian news services were comparing Monica to 1974's powerful Cyclone Tracy which flattened Darwin and was the most devastating storm to ever hit Australia. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite on April 24, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. local time (04:30 UTC). Cyclone Monica at this time was an impressively large and powerful storm. Sustained peak winds in the storm system were roughly 285 kilometers per hour (180 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured, and gusts reached as high as 350 km/hr (220 mph). These winds put Monica firmly in the rare and most powerful, Category 5, rating. The eye of the storm appears like a deep whirlpool hovering just off the Australian coastline. Monica was predicted to come ashore again on the Coburg Peninsula and to strike Darwin on April 25. Ordinarily, Australians observe Anzac Day on April 25 (honoring Australians who served in the First World War), but throughout the Northern Territory, all services and events were cancelled. The high-resolution image provided above is provided at the full MODIS spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2006114-0424/Monica.A2006114.0430 additional resolutions.
NASA Identifier: monica_amo_2006114 |
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Source | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/838900 |
Author | Glenn Research Center |
Location InfoField | WASHINGTON, D.C., US |
Posted InfoField | 8 February 2013, 06:45 |
DVIDS ID InfoField | 838900 |
Archive link InfoField | archive copy at the Wayback Machine |
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Headline | Tropical Cyclone Monica: Image of the Day |
Image title | Tropical Cyclone Monica formed off the northeastern coast of Australia on April 17, 2006. This is the same general area where earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13431 Cyclone Larry formed a month earlier. On April 19 and 20, Cyclone Monica crossed Cape York Peninsula with weaker winds than Larry, and its path in northern Queensland took it well away from most settled areas. However, Monica's second act proved quite different. The cyclone gathered size and power in the Gulf of Carpentaria and rebuilt into a Category 5 storm. Monica grazed across the top of the Northern Territory, threatening communities throughout Arnhem Land, Kakadu, and the city of Darwin with heavy rains and very high winds. Many Australian news services were comparing Monica to 1974's powerful Cyclone Tracy which flattened Darwin and was the most devastating storm to ever hit Australia. This photo-like image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/ (MODIS) on the aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite on April 24, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. local time (04:30 UTC). Cyclone Monica at this time was an impressively large and powerful storm. Sustained peak winds in the storm system were roughly 285 kilometers per hour (180 miles per hour) around the time the image was captured, and gusts reached as high as 350 km/hr (220 mph). These winds put Monica firmly in the rare and most powerful, Category 5, rating. The eye of the storm appears like a deep whirlpool hovering just off the Australian coastline. Monica was predicted to come ashore again on the Coburg Peninsula and to strike Darwin on April 25. Ordinarily, Australians observe Anzac Day on April 25 (honoring Australians who served in the First World War), but throughout the Northern Territory, all services and events were cancelled. The high-resolution image provided above is provided at the full MODIS spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2006114-0424/Monica.A2006114.0430 additional resolutions. <ul><li><a href="" rel="nofollow"></a></li></ul> NASA Identifier: monica_amo_2006114 |
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Credit/Provider | U.S. Civilian |
Source | Digital |
Copyright holder | Public Domain |
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Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 11:09, 24 April 2006 |
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Image width | 6,000 px |
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Date and time of digitizing | 07:09, 24 April 2006 |
Date metadata was last modified | 07:09, 24 April 2006 |
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Country shown | US |
Original transmission location code | monica_amo_2006114 |