Earth  ID: 2481

Hurricane Floyd: September 13, 1999

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on June 27, 2002
TRMM's view of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Isosurfaces are: Yellow=0.5 inches/hour, Green=1.0 inches/hour, Red=2.0 inches/hour on rainfall rates. The vertical scale is exaggerated.
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This movie transitions from a GOES view of Hurricane Floyd to precipitation data from TRMM.
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Approaching the TRMM swath. Cloud heights are determined from IR data.
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The scan plane begins to peel-away the clouds, revealing the precipitation data.
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The scan plane passes over the eye of the storm.
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The main body of the storm is fully revealed to the precipitation radar.
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Looking north across the hurricane.
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Looking south across the hurricane.
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Viewing the precipitation data along the TRMM swath.
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Slate image from video tape reads, 'Hurricane Floyd: September 13, 1999; TRMM's view of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. Isosurfaces are: Yellow=0.5 inches/hour, green=1.0 inches/hour, red=2.0 inches/hour on rainfall rates. The vertical scale is exaggerated.'

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead 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
1999/09/13
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TRMM/TMI
1999/09/13
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GOES-8
1999/09/13
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TRMM/VIRS
1999/09/13
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This item is part of this series:
TRMM 3D Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
SVS >> GOES
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