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Archive: Thu Mar 2023

SAR Winds over Cyclone Herman in the south Indian Ocean

Himawari-9 imagery for the hour surrounding an RCM-1 pass over the center of Severe Tropical Cyclone Herman, below, shows strong convection (with widespread brightness temperatures colder than -85oC — light purple in this enhancement — with isolated pixel values cooler than -90oC — in purple). Peak Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)... Read More