GPM Captures Hurricane Matthew Over Haiti

This data visualization follows Hurricane Matthew throughout its destructive run in the Caribbean and Southeast U.S. coast. By utilizing different data sets from NOAA s soil moisture product, and sea surface temperatures, scientists are able to put together a clearer picture of how this hurricane quickly intensified and eventually weakened. Hurricane Matthew was the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in almost ten years. Its torrential rains and winds caused significant damage and loss of life as it coursed through the Caribbean and up along the southeastern U.S. coast. Researchers use a combination of satellite observations to re-create a multi-dimensional picture of the hurricane in order to study the complex atmospheric interactions. Animated time stamp to accompany data visualization of Hurricane Matthew. This is provided for video editors who would like to include accurate date and time information while showing the Hurricane Matthew visualization. Wind height colorbar. 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. 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. Sea Surface Temperature Colorbar. Soil Moisture Anomaly Colorbar.

NASA scientists are investigating key questions about hurricanes in a new mission from the skies. This August, the East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes, or EPOCH, mission will fly over East Pacific storms to better understand how they form and intensify. EPOCH will conduct up to six 24-hour science flights using the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. Three of the flights are being supported through a partnership with the NOAA UAS Program. Data will be collected using three instruments (EXRAD, HAMSR, and AVAPS) aboard the aircraft that will map out the 3-D patterns of temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed - key factors that influence hurricane behavior. NASA scientists use a combination of ground, modeled, and satellite data to re-create multi-dimensional pictures of hurricanes and other major storms in order to study complex atmospheric interactions. Music credit: by Laurent Levesque [SACEM] from Killer TracksComplete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. For More InformationSee [https://atmospheres.gsfc.nasa.gov/meso/index.php?section=260](https://atmospheres.gsfc.nasa.gov/meso/index.php?section=260)

This example visualization shows how all of the below data visualizations could be arranged on NASA s GPM Core System that works hand-in-hand with numerous other datasets, including model runs. NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Infrared Cloud Cover of Hurricane Matthew. Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) precipitation from Hurricane Matthew. Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Goddard PROFiling (GPROF) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) data of Hurricane Matthew. 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. 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. JPL Multi-Scale Ultra-high Resolution (MUR) Sea Surface Temperature data during Hurricane Matthew. Sea Surface Temperature colorbar. Accumulated IMERG precipitation of Hurricane Matthew. Accumulated IMERG colorbar. Low amounts of accumulated rain are in shades of blue. The highest amounts of rainfall are in yellow and red. NASA/Goddard Soil Moisture Anomaly from Hurricane Matthew. Soil Moisture Anomaly colorbar. Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5) Sea Level Pressure during Hurricane Matthew. Sea Level Pressure colorbar. The darkest colors represents very low pressure which coincides with the eye of Hurricane Matthew. GEOS-5 Surface Wind Speeds of Hurricane Matthew. Surface Wind Speed colorbar. GEOS-5 winds of Hurricane Matthew. Wind height colorbar.

This data visualization tracks Hurricane Matthew as it intensifies to a Category 5 Hurricane and stops as Matthew turns into a Category 4 Hurricane on October 2, 2016. GPM s Precipitation Processing Center website.

B-roll that cooresponds with the live shots Residents along the East Coast are bracing for heavy rains and flooding as Hurricane Matthew barrels toward the U.S. Matthew is the most powerful hurricane to form over the Atlantic since Hurricane Felix in 2007 as it reached Category 5 strength on Oct. 1. NASA is tracking this storm with its powerful arsenal of satellites.NASA scientists are available on Friday, Oct. 7 from 6:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT to take your viewers inside and outside of Hurricane Matthew with new images of the storm. Find out how NASA is helping to uncover the mysteries of how these storms develop and intensify.Using NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission’s international network of satellites, scientists can observe hurricanes from their birthplace; watch as they travel across the Atlantic Ocean; and see where it really counts – landfall. Scientists can observe a storm’s progress and see what is happening INSIDE the system where a slight change dictates whether a storm will make history or fizzle out.*** This interview will focus on the science behind this hurricane and hurricane research. Questions about the latest forecast should be directed to NOAA s National Hurricane Center at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov.******* To Book a Window ***Contact Michelle Handleman – michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov / (301) 286-0918 officeHD Satellite Coordinates for AMC9-K11 AB: AMC-9 Ku-band Xp 11 Slot AB| 83.0 ° W Longitude | DL 11911.0 MHz | Horizontal Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested questions:1. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest hurricane to develop in the Atlantic in almost 10 years. How are scientists using satellites to look inside of Matthew?2. This has been a slow moving, but rapidly intensifying storm. How can images like this give us clues as to when a storm is about to intensify?3. Matthew produced torrential rains in the Caribbean and could produce significant rains along in coastal states in the U.S. Can we see how this rainfall is accumulating from space?4. What is the future of how NASA will monitor hurricanes? 5. Where can we learn more?Live shot details:Location: Goddard Space Flight Center/ Greenbelt, MDScientists:Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum/ NASA Scientist Dr. Scott Braun/ NASA Scientist Dr. Owen Kelley / NASA Scientist NASA Scientist Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum does a short social media spot. Text is included Canned interview with Dr. Scott Braun for Hurricane Matthew Hurricane Matthew soundbites from Dr. Scott Braun. TRT 3:03 Soundbites from Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum. TRT 2:38 Canned interview with Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum for Hurricane Matthew Soundbites with Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum looking off camera. TRT 7:11. Includes question slates in between soundbites For More InformationSee [nhc.noaa.gov](nhc.noaa.gov)