Earth  ID: 2457

Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on May 31, 2002
This is Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002 as seen by TRMM and GOES.

The animation zooms down to Hurricane Alma and then scans across the cloud tops to reveal the underlying rain structure. There are three isosurfaces defined (Yellow = 0.5 inches/hour, Green = 1.0 inches/hour, and Red = 2.0 inches/hour)

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Zoom down to Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002. Scan across the storm and remove the cloud tops to reveal 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour
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Scan across the storm and remove the cloud tops to reveal 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour
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Zoom down to Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002. The cloud tops have been removed to show the underlying 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour
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Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
GOES
2002/05/29
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TRMM/PR
2002/05/29
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TRMM/TMI
2002/05/29
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TRMM/VIS
2002/05/29
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This item is part of this series:
TRMM 3D Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
SVS >> GOES
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0