Earth  ID: 2026

TRMM: Covers Hurricane Floyd over North Carolina Using Daily Rainfall Measurements

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on December 11, 2000
TRMM daily rainfall measurements over the east coast (i.e., North Carolina) during Hurricane Floyd from 2/19/99 through 9/17/99. Red indicates areas of high rainfall. Blue indicates areas of low rainfall. North Carolina experienced major flooding during this time period.
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Animation of daily rainfall measurements from TRMM for the period from 2-19-99 to 9-17-99 during Hurricane Floyd
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Rainfall as measured by TRMM on September 17, 1999, during Hurricane Floyd

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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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM/TMI/Daily Rainfall
1999/02/19-1999/09/17
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TRMM Rainmaps

Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Surface Water >> Floods
GCMD >> Location >> North Carolina
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