Hurricane Mitch (27 Oct 1998)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Hurricane Mitch from TRMM: October 27, 1998

A fly-in to Hurricane Mitch on October 27, 1998, showing the three-dimensional structure of the precipitation as measured by the Precipitation Radar instrument on TRMM. In this animation, a surface of constant precipitation is colored by the value of the precipitation on the ground under the surface.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/VIRS, TRMM/PR, TRMM/TMI

  • Animation ID

    220

  • Video ID

    SVS1998-0005

  • Start Timecode

    1:08:29:00

  • End Timecode

    01:09:24:25

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    1998/12/31

  • Scientist

    Chris Kummerow (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Hurricane Mitch

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    1998/10/27

  • Animation Type

    Regular

  • Airchecks

    Computer Graphics World Magazine September 2000 pp. 76