NASA scientists are studying the latest satellite imagery of Hurricane Ian and analyzing the forces that made the storm so catastrophic. As Hurricane Ian headed toward a third landfall, this time in South Carolina, NASA scientists were scrutinizing the latest imagery of the storm and analyzing th
“While Hurricane Charley had a similar intensity to Hurricane Ian and caused considerable damage to the immediate region as well as across central Florida, Charley was relatively small and fast moving,” said Helms. “Hurricane Ian was considerably larger than Hurricane Charley and moved much slower. This means that structures were subjected to high winds and storm surge for considerably longer during Ian than during Charley.
By the time OLI acquired the image, Ian’s eye had shrunk to 26 miles as the storm went through another period of strengthening, ending up just short of Category 5 strength before making landfall. The intensity of the winds and large size of the wind field helped the storm push what proved to be a catastrophicinto coastal communities, including Cape Coral and Fort Myers. According to new reports, winds and floods have destroyed or damaged large numbers of homes and knocked out power to millions.
NASA Earth Observatory image and video by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC, and roads from OpenStreetMap.
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