Hurricane Frances Structure (1 Sep 2004)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Hurricane Frances Structure September 1, 2004

NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand the underlying rain structure beneath Hurricane Frances on September 1, 2004. Here large and powerful towers are making the hurricane stronger. The rain bands are colored to represent rain intensity. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inch of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

This animation looks under the clouds at the rains that fuel Hurricane Frances. Spikes in the rain structure known as 'Towers' indicate the strengthening of the storm. THe bands are colored according to rain intensity. Blue is .25 inches of rain per hour. Green is 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is 1.0 inches of rain and red is 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/VIRS, TRMM/PR

  • Animation ID

    3134

  • Video ID

    None

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2005/03/24

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Cyclone, GCMD--Location--Jamaica, Cloud Towers

  • DLESE Subject

    National hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2004/09/01

  • Animation Type

    Regular