Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure (16 Sep 2004)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004

NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM view's Ivan on September 16, 2004, just as the storm's most intense rains and winds makes landfall. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. 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 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

TRMM provides this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004, as its eye makes landfall. TRMM lets us see through the clouds. 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 inches of rain.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/VIRS, TRMM/PR

  • Animation ID

    3011

  • Video ID

    none

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins, Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2004/09/16

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana, Alabama, Mobile, Tornado, Rain

  • DLESE Subject

    National hazards, atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2004/09/16

  • Animation Type

    Regular

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