              APOD: 2017 November 27 - Hurricane Season Animated

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                               2017 November 27
                          Hurricane Season Animated
Video Credit: M. R. Radcliff [2] (USRA [3] ) et al. [4] , NASA [5] 's GSFC [6]
    , SVS [7] ; Music:  Elapsing Time by C. Telford [8]  & R. A. Navarro [9]
                                (ASCAP [10] )

Explanation: Where do hurricanes go? To better understand dangerous storms,
NASA compiled data from several satellites into a supercomputer simulation
[11]  of this past year's hurricane season. Specifically, the featured video
[12]  shows how smoke (white), sea salt (blue), and dust (brown) tracked [13]
from 2017 August through October across the northern half of Earth's Western
Hemisphere [14] . These aerosols [15]  usefully trace sometimes invisible [16]
 winds. In the midst of the many mesmerizing flows [17] , hurricanes can be
seen swirling across the Atlantic Ocean [18]  on the right. Some of these [19]
hurricanes [20]  lashed islands [21]  and coastal regions [22]  in North
America before dissipating in the northern Atlantic. Studying this year's
weather patterns may bolster more accurate storm forecasts [23]  as soon as
next year.

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                    Tomorrow's picture: jupiter swirl [28]

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  [2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewradcliff
  [3] http://www.usra.edu/
  [4] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12772
  [5] https://www.nasa.gov/
  [6] https://www.nasa.gov/goddard
  [7] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  [8] https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/christian-telford/354990872
  [9] http://robertanthonynavarro.com/
  [10] https://www.ascap.com/
  [11] https://modelingguru.nasa.gov/community/atmospheric/geos_das
  [12] https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12772
  [13] ap120904.html
  [14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere
  [15] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/Aerosols.html
  [16] http://weatherfaqs.org.uk/node/181
  [17] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fi_hsRqO7OQ/hqdefault.jpg
  [18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean
  [19] ap170826.html
  [20] ap170910.html
  [21]
https://disasters.nasa.gov/hurricane-maria-2017/
suomi-npp-sees-power-outages-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria
  [22] https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=90855
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