Earth  ID: 2507

Powerful Typhoon Phanfone, August 15, 2002

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on August 21, 2002
Powerful Typhoon Phanfone, packing winds of up to 78 miles per hour, was on course to hit Japan's outlying Pacific islands. The storm disrupted air and ferry services and the associated weather system brought heavy rains to central Japan.
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This animation zooms down to Typhoon Phanfone just south of Japan. The structure of the storm is revealed where yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain or more, green shows 1.0 inches of rain and red shows 2.0 inches or more.
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Peel away the clouds to reveal the rain structure of the storm. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain or more, green shows 1.0 inches of rain and red shows 2.0 inches or more.
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TMI rain structure

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM/VIS
2002/08/15
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TRMM/PR
2002/08/15
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TRMM/TMI
2002/08/15
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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
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Typhoons
GCMD >> Location >> Japan
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