Earth  ID: 3268

Hurricane Rita Rain Accumulation

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on September 27, 2005
This animation shows rain accumulation from Hurricane Rita from September 18 through 25, 2005 based on data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis. Satellite cloud data from NOAA/GOES is overlaid for context. The accumulation is shown in colors ranging from green (less than 30 mm of rain) through red (80 mm or more). The TRMM satellite, using the world's only spaceborne rain radar and other microwave instruments, measures rainfall over the ocean.
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Hurricane Rita rain accumulation for the period Sept 18 to 25, 2005 (missing cloud time steps are are shown by freezing last good data frame)
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Hurricane Rita rain accumulation for the period Sept 18 to 25, 2005 (missing cloud time steps are skipped over)
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Hurricane Rita rain accumularion from Sept 24, 2005 at 07:45 GMT
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Hurricane Rita rain accumularion from Sept 25, 2005 at 10:45 GMT
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Rain accumulation color bar (green=20mm,yellow=40mm, orange=50mm, red=80mm+)

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Missions:
Terra
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM and DMSP/SSM/I and TMI/3B4XRT also referred to as: 3-hour Rainmap
2005/09/18 - 2005/09/25
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Terra/MODIS/Blue Marble
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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GOES-8/IR4
2005/09/18 - 2005/09/25
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Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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This item is part of this series:
Hurricane Rita

Keywords:
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Rainfall
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Clouds
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Clouds >> Cloud Amount/Frequency
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