Tropical Cyclone Crystal (25 Dec 2002)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Tropical Cyclone Crystal on December 25, 2002

Tropical Cyclone Crystal approaches the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The storm packed sustained winds of 80 miles per hour with gusts up to 96 miles per hour. Mauritius is situated east of Madagascar off of the Africa's southeastern coast. This animation shows the storm's rain structure with 5 different isosurfaces. The first isosurface is grey and depicts areas with 0.5 inches of rain per hour. The second is light blue and reflects 1.0 inches of rain per hour. The third is green and shows 1.7 inches of rain per hour. The forth is yellow and represents 2.0 inches of rain per hour. The last isosurface is red and shows 2.2 inches or more of rain.

Zoom down to the Tropical Cyclone Crystal just east of the southeastern African coast to display the underlying rain structure.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/PR, IMAGE/VIS

  • Animation ID

    2659

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0024

  • Start Timecode

    01:18:59:00

  • End Timecode

    01:20:27:17

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/12/30

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Cyclones, GCMD--Location--Madagascar

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2002/12/25

  • Animation Type

    Regular