Earth ID: 3172

Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure with Cloud Overlay on September 16, 2004

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on June 9, 2005

NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Ivan as the storm made landfall on September 16, 2004. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

Zoom down to Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004, as its attacks Alabama, Florida, Lousianna, and Georgia. The TRMM ispacecraft lets us see past the clouds to see the rain that fuels the storm. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows areas of 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is a least 1.0 inches of rain. Red shows the most intense rains where over 2.0 inches per hour were recorded.

TRMM provides this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004, as its eye makes landfall. TRMM lets us see through the clouds. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 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

2004/09/16

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TRMM/PR

2004/09/16

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TRMM/TMI

2004/09/16

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TRMM/VIRS

2004/09/16

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This item is part of these series:
Hurricanes
TRMM 3D Hurricanes
Hurricane Ivan

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> New Orleans
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Tornados
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
GCMD >> Location >> Alabama
GCMD >> Location >> Florida
SVS >> Mobile
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