Earth  ID: 2025

TRMM: Covers El Niño/La Niña Event Over the Pacific Using Monthly Average Rainfall Measurements

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on December 11, 2000
Monthly average rainfall measurements covering the Pacific during the El Niño and La Niña events, from January 1998 through October 2000.
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Animation of average monthly rainfall from January 1998 through October 2000 over the Pacific Ocean, as measured by TRMM
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Global average rainfall measurements during El Niño over the Pacific Ocean during November 1998 as measured by TRMM
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Video slate image reads, "TRMM: Covers El Niño/La Niña Event Over the Pacific Using Monthly Average Rainfall Measurements
(January 1998 - October 2000)
Monthly moving average is a 30 day moving average.
Red indicates areas of high rainfall.
Blue indicates areas of low rainfall."

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Robert Adler (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM/PR and TMI/Monthly Average Precipitation
1998/01/01-2000/10/31
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Dates of Data Used:
1998/01/01-2000/10/31

This item is part of this series:
TRMM Rainmaps

Goddard TV Tape:
G2000-101

Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0