Tropical Cyclone Alma (29 May 2002)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Tropical Cyclone ALMA, May 29, 2002

This is Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002 as seen by TRMM and GOES. The animation zooms down to Hurricand Alma and then scans across the cloud tops to reveal the underlying rain structure. There are 3 isosurfaces defined (Yellow = 0.5 inches/hour, Green = 1.0 inches/hour, and Red = 2.0 nches/hour)

Zoom down to Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002. Scan across the storm and remove the cloud tops to reveal 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches/hour, Green = 1.0 inches/hour, Red=2.0+ inches/hour

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/PR, IMAGE/VIS

  • Animation ID

    2457

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0024

  • Start Timecode

    01:01:44:00

  • End Timecode

    01:03:03:04

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/05/31

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2002/05/29

  • Animation Type

    Regular