+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation Hurricane Rita from TRMM: September 20, 2005 NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used to understand Hurricane Rita. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Rita just before the storm made landfall on September 20, 2005. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.    Hurricane Rita on September 20, 2005. The colored rainbands beneath the clouds depict the rain that fuels the storm. Blue represents areas where 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Green represents 1.0 inches per hour. Duration: 120.0 minutes Available formats:   720x486     TIFF         613 KB   720x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   6 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   8 MB   720x486 (30 fps) Frames   320x216     JPEG         53 KB   160x80       PNG           24 KB   80x40         PNG           6 KB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 GB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       367 KB How to play our movies Animation Number: 3258 Completed: 2005-09-20 Animator: Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientist: Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: GOES   TRMM/PR   TRMM/TMI   TRMM/VIRS Data Collected: 2005/09/20 Series: Hurricanes   TRMM 3D Hurricanes   Hurricane Rita Keywords: DLESE >> Atmospheric science DLESE >> Natural hazards SVS >> Tropical Storm Cindy SVS >> Tropical Storm Emily     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: