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Images & Animations
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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)
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
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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