NASA/JAXA GPM Satellite Captures Hurricane Delta on Approach to the Gulf Coast
- Written by:
- Alex Kekesi and
- Greg Shirah
- Scientific consulting by:
- George Huffman
- Produced by:
- Kathryn Mersmann
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GPM passed over Hurricane Delta Thursday October 8, 2020 at appproximately 7:40pm Central Time (UTC time: 10/9/2020 00:40Z) as it approached the Gulf coast.
Hurricane Delta is the 25th named Atlantic storm of the 2020 hurricane season. After exhausting a list of prepared names, the World Meteorological Organization turns to the Greek alphabet to name storms. Delta marked the strongest Greek-named storm on record. Hurricanes typically get a massive boost of energy when they pass over warm waters. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified from a tropical depression to Category 4 storm in about 30 hours.
GPM data is archived at https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Hurricane Delta is the 25th named Atlantic storm of the 2020 hurricane season. After exhausting a list of prepared names, the World Meteorological Organization turns to the Greek alphabet to name storms. Delta marked the strongest Greek-named storm on record. Hurricanes typically get a massive boost of energy when they pass over warm waters. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified from a tropical depression to Category 4 storm in about 30 hours.
GPM data is archived at https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Credits
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Data visualizers
- Alex Kekesi (GST) [Lead]
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
Scientists
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
Producers
- Kathryn Mersmann (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Katie Jepson (KBRwyle)
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBRwyle)
Missions
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IMERG
Data Compilation
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NASA/GSFC
GPM Volumetric Precipitation data (A.K.A. Ku) (Collected with the DPR sensor)
Observed Data
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JAXA
Credit: Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
See more visualizations using this data setGPM Rain Rates (A.K.A. Surface Precipitation) (Collected with the GMI sensor)
Credit: Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
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