India Monsoon - July 2014
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- Visualizations by:
- Kel Elkins
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- Scientific consulting by:
- Dalia B Kirschbaum,
- Gail Skofronick Jackson, and
- George Huffman
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- Produced by:
- Ryan Fitzgibbons
- View full credits
GPM scanned this storm structure over the western coast of India on July 28th, 2014 at 03:58 UTC. The most intense sections of the storm with the heaviest rainfall are shown in dark red. Three days later, on July 31st, a deadly landslide occurred in the same region.
Scientists are currently studying heavy precipitation events such as this one in order to better predict landslides in the future.
The GPM Core Observatory carries two instruments that show the location and intensity of rain and snow, which defines a crucial part of the storm structure – and how it will behave. The GPM Microwave Imager sees through the tops of clouds to observe how much and where precipitation occurs, and the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar observes precise details of precipitation in 3-dimensions.
Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizers
- Kel Elkins (USRA) [Lead]
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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GPM Rain Rates (Surface Precipitation)
ID: 822Credit: Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
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GPM Volumetric Precipitation data (Ku)
ID: 830Credit: Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
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