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Images & Animations
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Credit
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Heavy Rainfall Leads to Southern California Mudslides
In January 2005, heavy rains in southern California caused flooding and mudslides. A flow of moisture known as a "Pineapple Express" because it originates in the Pacific subtropics near Hawaii can cause severe winter storms in California when conditions are right. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) observered heavy rainfall near San Diego during a five-day period in January 2005. This visualization shows accumulation of rainfall--each frame shows the total amount of rain since the start of the measurement period.
This animation shows accumulated rainfall from 2005-01-06 through 2005-01-11. Each frame covers a three-hour period. Each image pixel is 0.25 degrees on a side; the total area covered is 20x20 degrees in longitude and latitude (80x80 pixels).
Metadata
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Sensor
TRMM/TMI -
Animation ID
3148 -
Start Timecode
00:00:00:00 -
End Timecode
00:00:00:00 -
Animator
Jeff DeLaBeaujardiere -
Studio
SVS -
Visualization Date
2005/04/22 -
Scientist
Robert Adler (NASA/GSFC) -
Datasets
Precipitation rate -
Keywords
GCMD--Location--Pacific Ocean, GCMD--Location--United States Of America, GCMD--EARTH SCIENCE--Atmosphere--Atmospheric Phenomena--Hurricanes, GCMD--EARTH SCIENCE--Atmosphere--Precipitation--Rain, GCMD--Platform--TRMM--Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, GCMD--Instrument--TMI--TRMM Microwave Imager -
Story URL
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/ca_rains.html -
Animation Type
Regular