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Hurricane Alma on May 29, 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)


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    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
Duration: 26.0 seconds
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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    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    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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Video slate image reads    Video slate image reads "Hurricane Alma May 29, 2002".

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Animation Number:2457
Completed:2002-05-31
Animator:Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
Scientist:Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:GOES
 TRMM/PR
 TRMM/TMI
 TRMM/VIS
Data Collected:2002/05/29
Series:TRMM 3D Hurricanes
Video:SVS2002-0024 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Hurricane
DLESE >> Natural hazards
 
 
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