+ 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 Rain Accumulation 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.    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) Duration: 12.0 seconds Available formats:   720x486 (30 fps) Frames (RitaPause)   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   6 MB   320x216     PNG           145 KB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   10 MB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       474 KB How to play our movies    Hurricane Rita rain accumulation for the period Sept 18 to 25, 2005 (missing cloud time steps are skipped over) Duration: 11.0 seconds Available formats:   720x486 (30 fps) Frames (RitaSkip)   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   5 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   9 MB   320x216     PNG           146 KB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       408 KB How to play our movies    Hurricane Rita rain accumularion from Sept 24, 2005 at 07:45 GMT Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 8 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     72 KB   160 x 80           PNG       26 KB   80 x 40             PNG         7 KB    Hurricane Rita rain accumularion from Sept 25, 2005 at 10:45 GMT Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 8 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     70 KB    Rain accumulation color bar (green=20mm,yellow=40mm, orange=50mm, red=80mm+) Available formats:   320 x 90           PNG         7 KB Animation Number: 3268 Completed: 2005-09-27 Animators: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)   Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)   Alex Kekesi (GST) Scientists: Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC)   J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: GOES/IR4   Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble   GOES-8/IR4   Terra/MODIS/Blue Marble   TRMM/3B4XRT Data Collected: 2005/09/18 to 2005/09/25 Series: Hurricane Rita Keywords: DLESE >> Natural hazards SVS >> Rainfall GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Clouds GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Clouds >> Cloud Amount/Frequency     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: