These are temperature investigation satellites. They have to be a part of the growing dynamics of satellite technology to better understand these vortices and the impact on civilzation of the 'near shore' storms. "Andrea" started as a vortex and became a 'near shore' storm. It is vital to protect life and property to develope/meld these technologies. I have another imaging in mind as well. I'll find it.
This is a 3-dimensional view of Hurricane Erin's eye. The eye itself is a "hole" of descending air which is in the middle of this image that resembles a mountain. The outer part shown here are the clouds that surround the eye (called the eyewall), which contain the warmest air in the storm.
Sensors (dropsondes) dropped from NASA's ER-2 aircraft provided data that showed the warmest portion around Hurricane Erin's eye, depicted in red. The green color represents the spiraled pattern of rainfall in the eyewall as shown by the Tropical Measuring Mission Satellite (TRMM).
