Hurricane Isabel Towards the US East Coast (15 Sep 2003)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Hurricane Isabel Barrels Down on the East Coast, September 15, 2003

This animation is of Hurricane Isabel on September 15, 2003 as it barrels toward the East Coast of the United States. At this time, Isabel had maximum sustained winds of 150 mph with gusts up to 160 mph. The eye of the storm has a diameter of 40 nautical miles. The storm is moving to the west-northwest at 7mph. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour.

Peel away the clouds to reveal the rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/PR, TRMM/VIRS

  • Animation ID

    2804

  • Video ID

    NONE

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/09/16

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Rain Structure, PPT, Precipitation

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2003/09/15

  • Story URL

    http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0916isabel.html

  • Animation Type

    Regular