Hurricane Hernan, September 1, 2002
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Hurricane Hernan located 625 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California. Hernan has maximum sustained winds of 130 knots with gusts to 160 knots. The overall structure of the storm is shown in this animation with rain amounts being shown through color.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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Hurricane Hernan was classified as a Category 3 hurricane. This movie zooms down to Hernan and reveals its underlying rain structure. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain or more, green shows 1.0 inches of rain and red shows 2.0 inches or more.
Duration: 31.0 seconds
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Peel away the clouds to reveal Hurricane Hernans rain structure. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red is 2.0 or higher.
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Hurricane Hernans rain structure on September 1, 2002. Yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red is 2.0 or higher
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| Animation Number: | 2519 |
| Animator: | Lori Perkins (Lead) |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2002-09-03 |
| Scientist: | Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC) |
| Instruments: | GOES
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| | TRMM/PR |
| | TRMM/TMI |
| | TRMM/VIS |
| Data Collected: | 2002/09/01 |
| Series: | TRMM 3D Hurricanes |
| Video: | SVS2002-0024 * |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Atmospheric science
SVS
>> Hurricane
DLESE
>> Natural hazards
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Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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