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Images & Animations
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Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueling Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. High vertical bands on the outside of the storm indicated that Hurricane Ivan was very likely to spawn tornados in Florida and Georgia.
September 15, 2004 Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.
Metadata
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Sensor
TRMM/PR, TRMM/VIRS, TRMM/TMI -
Animation ID
3009 -
Video ID
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Start Timecode
00:00:00:00 -
End Timecode
00:00:00:00 -
Animator
Lori Perkins, Greg Shirah -
Studio
SVS -
Visualization Date
2004/09/15 -
Scientist
Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC) -
Keywords
Hurricane, New Orleans, Engine, Rain Structure, Mobile, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama -
DLESE Subject
National hazards, atmospheric science -
Data Date
2004/09/15 -
Animation Type
Regular