Hurricane Gustav

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Hurricane Gustav

Tropical Storm Gustav brought 74 mph wind gusts to the Outer Banks on September 9, 2002. The storm was upgraded to a hurricane on September 11 as it headed toward the Canadian Maritimes.

Zoom down to Tropical Storm Gustav and see the rain structure emerge from the clouds.Grey represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour, and red is 2.0 inches of rain or more per hour

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/PR

  • Animation ID

    2552

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0024

  • Start Timecode

    01:08:13:00

  • End Timecode

    01:09:51:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/09/11

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Gustav, North Carolina

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2002/09/09

  • Animation Type

    Regular