SMAP Takes a New Measure of Hurricane Matthew Winds

NASA SMAP radiometer instrument measured Hurricane Matthew wind speeds at 4:52 a.m. PDT 7:52 a.m. EDT at up to 132 miles per hour 59 meters per second.

NASA's SMAP radiometer instrument measured Hurricane Matthew's wind speeds at 4:52 a.m. PDT (7:52 a.m. EDT) at up to 132 miles per hour (59 meters per second). SMAP has excellent sensitivity to extreme winds, far beyond that of typical scatterometer instruments now in orbit. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21096

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