Rainfall Accumulation from Hurricane Isabel

Images & Animations

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Rainfall Accumulation from Hurricane Isabel (WMS)

Hurricane Isabel generated large amounts of rain over the Atlantic ocean as it approached East coast of the United States in September 2003. In fact, unlike many hurricanes, most of the Isabel's rainfall did not occur over land; flooding on land was caused mainly by storm surge. This animation shows accumulation of rainfall from the hurricane--each frame shows the total amount of rain since the start of the measurement period. Rain from other sources has been masked out, so the hurricane track is clearly visible as the storm moves across the Atlantic.

Color scale for accumulated rainfall map, ranging from deep blue (less than 5cm) up to deep red (30cm or more).

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI

  • Animation ID

    3146

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Jeff DeLaBeaujardiere

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2005/04/12

  • Scientist

    Robert Adler (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    Rainfall (TRMM HR3B42RT)

  • Keywords

    GCMD--Location--Atlantic Ocean, 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

  • DLESE Subject

    Atmospheric science

  • Georeference Data

    CRS=CRS:84&BBOX=-101.25,5.00,-21.25,45.00

  • Animation Type

    Regular