Earth ID: 2642

Tropical Depression 14 on October 15, 2002

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on October 28, 2002

Tropical Depression 14 heads toward Cuba on October 15, 2002. The storm appears to be losing strength. The visualization zooms down to the storm and then shows the overall rain structure. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour.

Zoom down to the Cayman Islands and see Tropical Depression 14. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour.

Scan across the clouds of Tropical Depression 14 to reveal the rain structure. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour.

Tropical Depression 14s rain structure was recorded on October 15, 2002. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour.

Video slate image reads "Tropical Depression 14

October 15, 2002

Peel away the clouds to reveal the storm's rain structure. Yellow is 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Green is 1.0 inches of rain per hour and Red is 2.0 inches of rain per hour".

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist

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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:

GOES-8

2002/10/15

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TRMM/PR

2002/10/15

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TRMM/TMI

2002/10/15

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This item is part of this series:
TRMM 3D Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Tropical
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
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