Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 2) — Clouds and Isosurfaces (Match Rendered)

  • Released Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This is a visualization of Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. This is the main section of the visualization that shows the GOES and TRMM/VIRS based cloud tops (extruded), the TRMM/PR based rain isosurface, and the CAMEX-4/dropsonde-based heat isosurface. This visualization was match-frame rendered to two other visualizations (winds and isosurfaces) and was intended to be shown edited together.

Animation of isosurfaces showing the structure of Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001.

Hurricane Erin on 9-10-01 as seen through VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. MODIS-bluemarble is in the background.

Hurricane Erin on 9-10-01 as seen through VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. MODIS-bluemarble is in the background.

Hurricane Erin on 9-10-01. Green is the TRMM-PR rain isosurface. The semi-transparent clouds are derived from VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. The background is MODIS-bluemarble.

Hurricane Erin on 9-10-01. Green is the TRMM-PR rain isosurface. The semi-transparent clouds are derived from VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. The background is MODIS-bluemarble.

Erin on 9-10-01. Red is the CAMEX-Dropson heat isosurface. Green is the TRMM-PR rain isosurface. The semi-transparent cloud layer is derived from VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. The background is MODIS-bluemarble

Erin on 9-10-01. Red is the CAMEX-Dropson heat isosurface. Green is the TRMM-PR rain isosurface. The semi-transparent cloud layer is derived from VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. The background is MODIS-bluemarble

Hurricane Erin on 9-10-01. The cloud layer is derived from VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. The background is MODIS-bluemarble.

Hurricane Erin on 9-10-01. The cloud layer is derived from VIRS-IR and GOES-IR. The background is MODIS-bluemarble.

Hurricane Erin off the east coast on 9-11-01.

Hurricane Erin off the east coast on 9-11-01.

Video slate image reads "Clouds and Isosurfaces (Match Rendered)".

Video slate image reads "Clouds and Isosurfaces (Match Rendered)".

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, and Hal Pierce (SSAI), who developed the original treatment. The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

This page was originally published on Tuesday, September 30, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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