Urban Modifications of Rainfall

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Urban Modifications of Rainfall

Using the world's first space-based rain radar aboard NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, NASA scientists found that mean monthly rainfall rates within 30-60 kilometers (18 to 36 miles) downwind of some cities were, on average, about 28 percent greater than the upwind region. In some cities, the downwind area exhibited increases as high as 51 percent.

Zoom into Central and Eastern Texas, with a marking of Dallas, Waco, Austin, and San Antonio, and blue to the south and east of the cities indicating rainfall.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/PR

  • Animation ID

    2465

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0021

  • Start Timecode

    01:00:35:00

  • End Timecode

    01:01:43:09

  • Animator

    James W. Williams

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/06/14

  • Scientist

    J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    MODIS

  • Keywords

    rainfall, urban

  • Data Date

    6-9/1998,6-9/1999,6-9/2000

  • Pao ID

    G03-067

  • Animation Type

    Regular