{"id":42909,"date":"2021-09-26T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=42909"},"modified":"2021-10-25T20:04:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:04:04","slug":"tropics-pathfinder-view-of-super-typhoon-mindulle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/42909","title":{"rendered":"TROPICS Pathfinder view of super typhoon Mindulle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/Pathfinder_HimawariBand3_0540_26Sept2021_toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/Pathfinder_HimawariBand3_0540_26Sept2021_toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42915\" \/><\/a><figcaption>TROPICS Pathfinder 205 GHz imagery, 0545 UTC on 26 September 2021 (Upper Left) and Himawari-8 Band 3 Visible (0.64 \u00b5m) Imagery, 0540 UTC on 26 September (Lower Right) (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (<a href=\"https:\/\/tropics.ll.mit.edu\/CMS\/tropics\/Mission-Overview\">TROPICS<\/a>)  Pathfinder imagery from 0545 UTC on 26 September, when super typhoon <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/storm_archive\/2021\/storms\/tracks\/20W.track.gif\">Mindulle<\/a> was near peak intensity, is compared above to Himawari-8 visible(0.64 \u00b5m) imagery at about the same time.  A separate image links small features in the Pathfinder image to small convective elements that are apparent in the Himawari imagery.  Click <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/thumbnail_TROPICS_Pathfinder_SuperTyph_Mindulle.jpg\">here<\/a> to view the TROPICS Pathfinder image with a NOAA-20 true-color image from 0426 UTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pathfinder satellite that provided the microwave data used for the image above is the first in a series of a constellation of low-Earth orbiters; six additional satellites will be launched next year.  These are very small satellites, with a size of 10 cm x 10 cm x 36 cm.  They weigh in at 5.34 kg \/ 11.8 pounds!    Pathfinder imagery was provided courtesy of the Science Team working with the data.  Himawari-8 imagery are courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jma.go.jp\/jma\/indexe.html\">JMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>As noted above, NOAA-20 overflew Mindulle at about 0430 UTC.  The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument on NOAA-20 sampled the storm, and imagery (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/atms_202120W_0926_0435_ch16.gif\">88.2 GHz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/atms_202120W_0926_0435_ch18.gif\">183.3 GHz<\/a>) with a timestamp of 0435 UTC (from <a href=\"http:\/\/tropic.ssec.wisc.edu\/real-time\/atms\/archive\/2021\/202120W.html\">this archive<\/a>) is shown below.  The NOAA-20 orbits over the western Pacific on that day are shown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/polar_orbit_tracks\/data\/JPSS-1\/2021\/2021_09_26_269\/HIMAWARI.gif\">here<\/a> (from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/polar_orbit_tracks\/#satellite:NOAA20;region:Himawari;\">this site<\/a>).  Structures in the Pathfinder imagery at 0545 UTC can be identified in the 0435 UTC ATMS imagery below.  A side-by-side comparison of the Pathfinder 205 GHz and NOAA-20 ATMS 183.3 GHz is shown at bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/atms_202120W_0926_0435_ch16_18toggle.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/atms_202120W_0926_0435_ch16_18toggle.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42980\" \/><\/a><figcaption>NOAA-20 ATMS imagery from channel 16 (88.2 GHz) and channel 18 (183.3 GHz), 0435 UTC , 26 September 2021 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/ATMSvPathfinder_26September2021.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/ATMSvPathfinder_26September2021.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/ATMSvPathfinder_26September2021.png 1280w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/ATMSvPathfinder_26September2021-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/ATMSvPathfinder_26September2021-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/ATMSvPathfinder_26September2021-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>NOAA-20 ATMS 183.3 GHz imagery, 0435 UTC on 26 September (left) and Pathfinder 205 GHz imagery, 0545 UTC on 26 September (right) (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) Pathfinder imagery from 0545 UTC on 26 September, when super typhoon Mindulle was near peak intensity, is compared above to Himawari-8 visible(0.64 \u00b5m) imagery at about the same time. 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