Irma Damage Satellite Images

About this imagery was acquired by the noaa remote sensing division to support noaa homeland security and emergency response requirements.

Irma damage satellite images.

Launch web map in new window this tracker shows the current view from our goes east and goes west satellites. Complete coverage of hurricane irma credit. Satellite photos show codrington on the island of barbuda before and after irma s widespread destruction. Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis.

Staff from noaa s office of marine and aviation operations and noaa s n ational geodetic survey capture these images using specialized remote sensing cameras aboard noaa aircraft primarily noaa s king air and twin otter aircraft. Hurricane irma aerial imagery response. Satellite image 2017 digitalglobe. The tracker also allows users to go back in time and view and interact with the satellite imagery from the past hurricanes this year.

A hurricane track will only appear if there is an active storm in the atlantic or eastern pacific regions. In addition it will be used for ongoing research efforts for testing and developing standards for airborne digital imagery. This after image of an area of key west florida looks eerily fake. In the satellite images below the destruction caused by irma is made painfully clear.

This geocolor image from the goes 16 weather satellite shows hurricane irma left and hurricane jose right whirling over the atlantic ocean on thursday sept. Noaa released aerial imagery that reveals the extent of the damage that hurricane irma unleashed along the coast of florida. Given irma s extreme intensity satellite imagery is giving meteorologists jaw dropping views of this rare and dangerous hurricane. Here s some of the most impressive imagery.