MTSAT-1R IR images
MTSAT-1R 10.7 µm IR images (above) showed Super Typhoon Choi-Wan (17W) as it reached Category 5 intensity over the western North Pacific Ocean during the 15 September - 16 September 2009 period. The eye of the typhoon was quite large (which moved just to the south of Pagan in the Northern Mariana Islands), with a very cold rings of convection seen during the various eyewall replacement cycles (as also seen on this MIMIC animation). A time series of the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) intensity estimate from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site is shown below.
Advanced Dvorak Technique intensity estimates for Choi-Wan
Terra MODIS IR image (14 September)
A pair of 1-km resolution MODIS images show the dramatic change in satellite appearance of Choi-Wan, from one with a ragged eye surrounded by cloud tops as cold as -87º C (darker purple color enhancement) on 14 September (above) to more of a classic annular structure with a large and well-defined eye on 15 September (below).
Aqua MODIS IR image (15 September)
