Cyclone Phailin

Phailin was amongst the strongest storm systems that developed in the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean in 2013. Categorized as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, it made landfall on the eastern coast of India (states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh) on October 12, 2013. At its peak, maximum sustained winds of close to 260 km/hr made Phailin the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The cyclone prompted one of the largest evacuations in India's history with upto half a million people being moved from the coasts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.   

We document various parameters in the ocean at the time of Cyclone Phailin from October 7, 2013 to October 15, 2013 shown in the images and animations below.

1. Enhanced IR Imagery of the Cyclone (Data from RAMMB CIRA)

2. Daily Sea Surface Temperatures (Data from NOAA G1SST MUR)

3. Daily Sea Surface Height and Currents (Data from AVISO)

4. Daily Precipitation (Data from NASA TOVAS GIOVANNI)

5. Daily Wind Speeds (Data from AVISO)

6. Daily Wave Heights (Data from AVISO)

7. Daily Sea Surface Pressures (Data from FNMOC)