Earth  ID: 3448

Hurricane Dean on August 21, 2007

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on August 21, 2007
NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Dean on August 21, 2007. At this time the storm was classified as a category two with sustained winds of 90 knots (103.7 mph). The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar (PR) instruments. TRMM looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Gray 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.
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Hurricane Dean hits the Yucatan Peninsula on August 21, 2007.
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The TRMM satellite peers through the clouds to see this storm's rain engine.

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Scott Braun (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:
GOES
08/21/2007
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TRMM/PR
08/21/2007
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TRMM/TMI
08/21/2007
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TRMM/VIRS
08/21/2007
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This item is part of these series:
Hurricanes
TRMM 3D Hurricanes
Hurricane Wilma

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> GOES
NASA Science >> Earth