NASA Microwave Image of Typhoon Lupit (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Microwave Image of Typhoon Lupit

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Microwave images are created when data from NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS and AMSU instruments are combined. The cold areas in this image of Lupit from Oct. 16 (yellow-green) indicate where there is precipitation or ice in the cloud tops. The microwave image suggests cold, high thunderstorms.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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