'MIMIC': A new approach to visualizing microwave imagery of tropical cyclones

Supplemental Animations


Movie 1.


Demonstration MIMIC-TC product using three microwave images of Hurricane Katrina (2005)



Movie 2.


Side-by-side comparison of MIMIC-TC and NEXRAD surface-level radar composite for Hurricane Wilma (2005) landfall on Florida



Movie 3.


Side-by-side comparison of MIMIC-TC and NEXRAD surface-level radar composite for Hurricane Katrina (2005) landfall on the Gulf coast



Movie 4.


Eyewall replacement cycle in Ivan (2004) and its brush with Jamaica



Movie 5.


Side-by-side comparison of MIMIC-TC and NEXRAD surface-level radar composite for Hurricane Rita (2005) crossing the Key West radar station



Movie 6.


Demonstration of MIMIC-IR for Hurricane Wilma
(2005)

Additional Links

MIMIC real-time operational product, archive, and gallery

CIMSS Tropical Cyclones page


Last Revised: 26 Feb 2007
Anthony Wimmers and Chris Velden
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
University of Wisconsin - Madison