+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation Hurricane Heat Engine TRMM provides a closer look at hurricanes using a unique combination of passive and active microwave instruments designed to peer inside cloud systems and measure rainfall. TRMM allows scientists to study the combustion process in the hurricane engine and relate this process to intensification or weakening.    This is the standard definition version of the Hurricane Heat Engine - Cutaway animation MPEG. Duration: 16.0 seconds Available formats:   352x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   160x80       JPEG         55 KB   80x40         JPEG         17 KB   320x238     JPEG         10 KB   720x486     Frames   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   12 MB   640x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-4   5 MB How to play our movies Animation Number: 10049 Completed: 1999-05-28 Animator: Susan Twardy (HTSI) (Lead) Scientist: J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC) Goddard TV Tape: G1999-045 Keywords: SVS >> Earth Science SVS >> Gonnelli SVS >> Hurricane     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: