Hurricane Isabel Batters North Carolina (18 Sep 2003)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Hurricane Isabel Batters North Carolina, September 18, 2003

This animation is of Hurricane Isabel on September 18, 2003 as it barrels toward the East Coast of the United States. At this time, Isabel waspacking winds of 105 MPH and was downgraded to a Category 2 storm. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches ofrain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour.

Isabel's rain structure: The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/PR, TRMM/VIRS

  • Animation ID

    2827

  • Video ID

    NONE

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins,Marte Newcombe

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/09/21

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Rain Structure

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2003/09/18

  • Animation Type

    Regular