Hurricane Ivan Closes in on Jamaica

With winds up to 140 mph, Hurricane Ivan speeds toward Jamaica. A category 4, Ivan moves further west towards the Gulf of Mexico.

With Ivan getting closer to Jamaica, the Terra satellite is ever vigil. Keeping an eye, in this case, it's the instrument MODIS, on Ivan.

With the countries outlined, one can see excatly locate where the Hurricane Ivan is.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio

Animators
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist
- Jacques Descloitres (NASA/GSFC)

This page was originally published on Friday, September 10, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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