Earth  ID: 2563

Hurricane Lili, October 2, 2002

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on October 5, 2002
Hurricane Lili strengthened as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico and headed towards the U.S. coast. It was reclassified as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 135 mph. The storm is projected to make landfall tomorrow in the same part of Louisiana that Tropical Storm Isidore dumped over 20 inches of rain just one week ago. Evacuation orders have been issued to nearly a half-million people in Louisiana and Texas. A storm surge of 10-12 feet is expected along the immediate coast line.
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Hurricane Lili strengthens as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hurricane Lili strengthens as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It is now classified as a Category 4 hurricane.
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Cut across the storms cloud to reveal the underlying rain structure. Yellow denotes areas of rain with 0.5 inches of rain per hour, Green denotes areas of 1.0 inches of rain per hour and Red shows areas with more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.
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This is the rain structure of Hurricane Lili with all of the clouds removed on October 2, 2002. Yellow denotes areas of rain with 0.5 inches of rain per hour, Green denotes areas of 1.0 inches of rain per hour and Red shows areas with more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour
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Slate title from video tape reads, 'Hurricane Lili. Lili packed 135 mpg sustained winds and intense rains as it approached the U.S. Coast on October 2, 2002.'

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
GOES-8
2002/10/05
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TRMM/PR
2002/10/05
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TRMM/TMI
2002/10/05
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TRMM 3D Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Hurricane Lili
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Location >> Cuba
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