Tropical Cyclone Zoe (29 Dec 2002)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Tropical Cyclone Zoe devastates South Pacific Islands on Sunday December 29, 2002.

Tropical Cyclone Zoe brought winds in excess of 300 km per hour (186 mph) and dangerous waves to the south pacific islands on December 29, 2002. The visualization zooms down to the storm and then shows the overall rain structure. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour.

This animation shows the rain structure of Tropical Cyclone Zoe on December 29, 2002. The visualization zooms down to the storm and then shows the overall rain structure. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    IMAGE/VIS, TRMM/PR, TRMM/TMI

  • Animation ID

    2661

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0024

  • Start Timecode

    01:20:32:00

  • End Timecode

    01:22:00:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/01/06

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, GCMD--Location--Solomon Islands, Rain

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2002/12/29

  • Animation Type

    Regular