Inside Typhoon Trami big beautiful eye

Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 24 September 2018 from 13:28:09 to 13:31:09 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 25 September 2018 from 01:51:03 to 01:57:03 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 25 September 2018 from 13:01:58 to 13:04:58 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 25 September 2018 from 21:19:06 to 21:21:10 UTC
Sentinel-3 SLSTR RBT acquired on 01 October 2018 from 00:51:58 to 00:54:58 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, natural disaster, atmosphere, storm, climate, wind, rain, cyclone, hurricane, Japan, Pacific Ocean
Fig. 1 - S3 SLSTR (24.09.2018 13:31) - S8 thermal band with colour map - Typhoon Trami near its top power, it showed a large eye.
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Fig. 2 - S3 SLSTR (25.09.2018 13:04) - Trami as a cat-5 typhoon, it then blew 260km/h winds.
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Fig. 3 - S1 EW (25.09.2018 21:20) - vh (left) & vv (right) polarisation, σ0 processing - Eye & arms in radar.
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Harold F. Pierce and Rob Gutro of NASA’s Godard Space Flight Center wrote: "GPM, a joint satellite mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, flew over Trami on Sept. 24, 2018 at 12:03 UTC. At that time Trami had maximum sustained winds estimated at [240 km/h]. Rainfall measurements were made using data collected by GPM’s Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instruments. GPM’s GMI showed the locations of extremely heavy rainfall in the super typhoon’s well defined circular eye."
Fig. 4 - S3 SLSTR (26.09.2018 01:30) - S6,S5,S2 colour composite - Down to cat-3, Trami remained well structured.
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Fig. 5 - S1 EW (28.09.2018 09:35) - vh (left) & vv (right) polarisation, σ0 processing - Zoom on its large eye.
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"The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) used that GPM pass in an evaluation of super typhoon Trami. JTWC’s summary and analysis said that, 'A 241201Z (Sept 24 at 12:01 UTC) GPM 89GHZ microwave image clearly reveals an ongoing eyewall replacement cycle with concentric rings and a moat feature evident.'"
Fig. 6 - S3 SLSTR (28.09.2018 13:27) - Trami was a cat-2 typhoon when it hit Japan coast.
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In another report, Rob Gutro continued: "At 05:05 UTC on Sept. 28, Trami beginning to affect the Ryukyu Arc, a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan. Infrared satellite imagery shows Trami continues to have a wide eye with convection around the eye beginning to re-intensify."
Fig. 7 - S3 SLSTR (29.09.2018 01:50) - S1-A & -B as well as S3-A offered a mean of two images a day of Trami, allowing a close tracking.
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"At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on Sunday, Sept. 30, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued the final advisory on the system. At that time, Typhoon Trami was located about 157 miles west-southwest of Camp Fuji, Japan and moving northeast at 28 knots (32 mph/52 kph). Maximum sustained winds were near 75 knots (86 mph/139 kph). Trami was weakening rapidly and becoming extra-tropical as it tracked very rapidly over Honshu."
Fig. 8 - S1 IW (29.08.2018 09:28) - vh (left) & vv (right) polarisation, σ0 processing - Trami over Okinawa.
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Fig. 9 - S3 SLSTR (29.09.2018 13:01) - Trami wind speed remained at 170km/h for 3 days before definitely weakening.
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Track followed by Trami in the Pacific - source: Weather Underground
Fig. 10 - S3 SLSTR (30.09.2018 01:24) - A last view of the eye structure before it disintegrated.
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theweathernetwork.com reports the final advance of Trami over Japan before it disintegrated: "Typhoon Trami made landfall in western Japan on Sunday 30 evening and threatened heavy rains, strong winds and landslides on the northern-most main island of Hokkaido, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The island was hit by a deadly earthquake last month."
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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