Earth  ID: 4692

Tropical Storm Michael Drenches the Carolinas

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi and Greg Shirah Released on October 11, 2018
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This data visualization shows Tropical Storm Michael over the Carolinas on October 11, 2018. Shades of green, yellow, and red are ground precipitation rates. Blue and purple indicate frozen precipitation.

Hurricane Michael was the strongest storm on record to hit the Florida panhandle. It became a tropical depression on October 7th, intesifying into a hurricane by October 8th. It made landfall on October 10th. GPM caught the storm after it had weakened back down to a Tropical Storm on October 11th. But even in a weakened state, Michael still caused flash floods and power outages throughout the Carolinas.
 

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Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (GST): Lead Data Visualizer
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Data Visualizer
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Laurence Schuler (ADNET): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET): Technical Support
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio. GPM data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.

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Mission:
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)

Data Used:
GOES/IR4
10/10/2018 - 10/11/2018
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GPM/GMI/Surface Precipitation also referred to as: Rain Rates
10/11/2018
Credit:
Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
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GPM/DPR/Ku also referred to as: Volumetric Precipitation data
Observed Data - JAXA - 10/11/2018
Credit:
Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
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Multi-scale Ultra-high Resolution (MUR) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis also referred to as: MUR SST
Analysis - JPL PO DAAC - 9/28/2016 - 10/9/2016
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also referred to as: IMERG
Data Compilation - NASA/GSFC - 10/10/2018 - 10/11/2018
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This item is part of this series:
Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Precipitation Rate
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Surface Water >> Floods
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Hurricanes >> Precipitation
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Floods

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