News Photos


Caption: A multi-channel satellite image composite of Hurricane Floyd.
Images courtesy: Space Science and Engineering Center
Date: 9/99
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Caption: An example of the vertical wind shear field over the Atlantic including tropical cyclones Floyd and Gert (red icons). Wind shear has a major impact on tropical cyclone intensity.
Images courtesy: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Date: 9/99
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Caption: An image from the Wavetrak product over the Atlantic, showing a satellite mosaic of infrared imagery and winds tracked from successive images. Floyd and Gert appear.
Images courtesy: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Date: 9/99
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Caption: An example of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, which can visualize temperatures within a storm. This image is of Hurricane Floyd. Temperature strongly correlates with the strength of a storm.
Images courtesy: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Date: 9/99
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Photo use

Photographs are available to media organizations and University of Wisconsin-Madison departments for news, editorial and public relations uses, both print and electronic, that are directly related to UW-Madison. They are NOT available for generic use. For university-related use -- including textbooks, commercial products or advertising -- please contact Bryce Richter, photographer, University Communications, (608) 262-7411 or brichter2@wisc.edu.

Published photos must include a credit ("photographer's name/University of Wisconsin-Madison" or "courtesy of"). The specific credit and other details are also embedded in the digital file, which can be viewed by using Photoshop and selecting "file>file info."

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