Earth  ID: 3852

Hurricane Irene

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on September 15, 2011
This visualization follows the development of Hurricane Irene as it moves up the East Coast of the United States in August of 2011. There are three versions of this visualization. Two of the versions follow the eye of the storm until it dissipates, then pulls back to reveal the rain fall accumulation track as measured by the Tropcical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) using two different color tables. The first version only includes rainfall along the storm track. The second and third versions include all rainfall. The third version shows the rainfall accumulating as the storm moves.

These visualizations were created to support presenstations at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) 2011.

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Hurricane Irene visualization of clouds followed by rain accumulation using TRMM color bar
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TRMM rain accumulation color bar
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Hurricane Irene visualization of clouds followed by rain accumulation using SVS color bar
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Hurricane Irene visualization of clouds with running rainfall accumulation using SVS color bar
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SVS rain accumulation color bar
 

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Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Trent L. Schindler (USRA): Animator
Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA): Producer
Arthur Hou Ph.D. (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Chris Kidd (University of Maryland): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Missions:
Terra
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
CPC (Climate Prediction Center) Cloud Composite
Data Compilation - Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
Global cloud cover from multiple satellites
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TRMM/TMI/Rainfall Accumulation
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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Rainfall
SVS >> Rainmap
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> Presentation

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