Typhoon Lan's Eye - Oct. 20th 2017
Himawari-8 satellite captures a clear, well-defined, and large eye in TyphoonLan before hitting Japan.
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Typhoon Lan made landfall at Shizuoka, 175km (110 miles) south-west of Tokyo, at about 03:00 local time on Monday (18:00 GMT Sunday). Gusts of up to 198km/h (123mph) hit the country, as reported by multiple news sources.
Himawari-8, the first unit of the Japan Meteorological Agency's (JMA) third-generation of geostationary satellites, carries the Advanced Himawari Imager (or AHI), a 16-channel multispectral imager designed to capture visible light and infrared images of the Asia-Pacific region. Himawari's data are vital for global geostationary coverage, which is why NOAA and JMA have agreed to mutual back-up arrangements for their geostationary systems.
This imagery appears here courtesy of CIRA. To see more Himawari-8 imagery from CIRA, visit their website at goo.gl/iUs3yo
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