Hurricane Train: Katia, Irma, and Jose

2017 Atlantic Hurricane season storm tracks with IMERG precipitation and GOES clouds (01 Aug 2017 to 31 Oct 2017) || These visualizations show the tracks of Atlantic hurricanes during 2017. Data from the Global Precipitation Mission called IMERG is used to show rainfall and data from NOAA stands for tropical storm.There are 2 visualizations at various resolutions:- a wide Atlantic view that shows all of the hurricane tracks- a view that follows and zooms in only on Hurricane HarveyThese visualizaitons were created to support NASA talks given at the National Air and Space Musuem (NASM) in October 2017. The wide Atlantic view was updated at the end of hurricane season to include all Atlantic hurricanes in 2017 for display at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference.These visualizations only go through October 2017 because there were no Atlantic hurricanes in November or December 2017. || Hurricane Harvey storm track with IMERG precipitation and GOES clouds (2017 Aug 16 to 2017 Sep 01)

Music: (as it releases a huge quantity of latent heat by condensation). These tall thunderstorms in the eye wall are often a sign that a tropical cyclone is becoming more powerful. Maria rapidly intensified following this view to a Category 5 storm on September 19th.

GPM scans Hurricane Irma on September 5th and again on September 7th as the storm approaches Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti as a category 5 hurricane. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || The GPM core observatory satellite had an exceptional view of hurricane Irma s in the Gulf about 10 days earlier. || GPM scans Hurricane Irma on September 5th and again on September 7th as the storm approaches Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti as a category 5 hurricane. This version has no dates. || Dates-only version corresponding the the visualization above. || Color bar for liquid precipitation rates (ie, rain rates). Shades of green represent low amounts of liquid precipitation, whereas shades of red represent high amounts of precipitation. || Color bar for frozen precipitation rates (ie, snow rates). Shades of cyan represent low amounts of frozen precipitation, whereas shades of purple represent high amounts of precipitation. || Print resolution still image of Hurricane Irma approaching Puerto Rico on September 5th, 2017 || Print resolution still image of Hurricane Irma approaching Puerto Rico on September 5th, 2017. A cutting plane slices through 3D precipitation data to expose the eye of storm. || Print resolution still image of Hurricane Irma off the coast of Haiti on September 7th, 2017. || Print resolution still image of Hurricane Irma off the coast of Haiti on September 7th, 2017.