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Surface rainfall rates estimated by the GPM Microwave Imager paint the surface over a wider swath. During the tour, you'll see the radar-observed rain intensities displayed three different ways in various parts of the storm. Then, for the first time you'll see estimates of the precipitation particle sizes, which the GPM DPR is uniquely capable of showing, and which provide important insights into storm processes.GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. || ", "release_date": "2018-10-04T09:55:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-05T23:43:58.707625-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 400488, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004685/maria360.112_4k.7300_print.jpg", "filename": "maria360.112_4k.7300_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Visualization of Hurricane Maria. These are full 360 degree frames. These fames appear warped because they include the entire 360 degree view.This video is also available on our YouTube channel.", "width": 1024, "height": 512, "pixels": 524288 } } }, { "id": 402500, "type": "gallery_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 40367, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/hurricane-maria-one-year-later/", "page_type": "Gallery", "title": "Hurricane Maria One Year Later", "description": "In September 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico head-on as a Category 4 storm with winds topping 155 miles per hour. The storm damaged homes, flooded towns, devastated the island's forests and caused the longest electricity black-out in U.S. history. \n\nTwo new NASA research efforts delve into Hurricane Maria's far-reaching effects on the island's forests as seen in aerial surveys with high-resolution lidar and on its residents' energy and electricity access as seen in Night Lights satellite data from space. The findings, presented Monday at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, D.C., illustrate the staggering scope of Hurricane Maria's damage to both the natural environment and communities and expose vulnerabilities in infrastructure.", "release_date": "2018-12-09T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2018-12-10T00:00:00-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 398082, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004658/bmhd_11_0940_searchweb.png", "filename": "bmhd_11_0940_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This visualization starts with a global view of hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico. We then zoom in to Puerto Rico to compare the standard night lights dataset to a new, high definition version of nights lights. After the hurricane passes over the island, we see a massive drop in night light intensity due to loss of power. After showing night light levels over several stages of hurricane recovery, we transition to a 'Days Without Power' dataset. 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By utilizing different data sets from NOAA's GOES satellite, NASA/JAXA's GPM, MERRA-2 model runs, IMERG, Goddard'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.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402505, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 11870, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11870/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "What Are The Chances Of Another Katrina?", "description": "The U.S. hasn’t experienced the landfall of a Category 3 hurricane or larger since 2005, when Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma all hit the U.S. coast. According to a new NASA study, a string of nine years without a major hurricane landfall in the U.S. is Iikely to come along only once every 177 years.The current nine-year “drought” is the longest period of time that has passed without a major hurricane making landfall in the U.S. since reliable records began in 1850, said Timothy Hall, a research scientist who studies hurricanes at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York.The National Hurricane Center calls any Category 3 or more intense hurricane a “major” storm. Hall and colleague Kelly Hereid, who works for ACE Tempest Re, a reinsurance firm based in Connecticut, ran a statistical hurricane model based on a record of Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1950 to 2012 and sea surface temperature data.The researchers ran 1,000 computer simulations of the period from 1950-2012 – in effect simulating 63,000 separate Atlantic hurricane seasons. They found that a nine-year period without a major landfall is likely to occur once every 177 years on average.While the study did not delve into the meteorological causes behind this lack of major hurricane landfalls, Hall said it appears it is a result of luck.Research: The frequency and duration of U.S. hurricane droughts.Journal: Geophysical Research Letters, May 5, 2015.Link to paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/2015GL063652/full.Here is the YouTube video. || ", "release_date": "2015-05-13T13:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:49:43.727071-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 443248, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011800/a011870/G2015-045-HurricaneDrought-1920-Master_youtube_hq_print.jpg", "filename": "G2015-045-HurricaneDrought-1920-Master_youtube_hq_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "According to a new NASA study, a string of nine years without a major hurricane landfall in the U.S. is Iikely to come along only once every 177 years. 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The 7-kilometer simulation depicts the strong onshore winds in New York and New Jersey even after landfall and the dramatic influence of the land surface slowing down Sandy's inland surface winds. || ", "release_date": "2013-03-08T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2025-01-06T01:51:20.647550-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 427892, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030000/a030019/Sandy1_print.jpg", "filename": "Sandy1_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Sea level pressure, wind speeds, and accumulated rainfall from a GEOS-5 28-km simulation versus National Hurricane Center (NHC) observations.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402507, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 30465, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30465/", "page_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "title": "Analyzing Superstorm Sandy", "description": "A rare convergence of environmental conditions during Hurricane Sandy’s lifecycle led to a storm of unforgettable destruction—hence its nickname, Superstorm Sandy. Scientists can analyze the structure and lifecycle of severe storms like Sandy using weather prediction models and incorporate what they learn into newer models, which hopefully result in even more accurate hurricane forecasts in the future. Scientists at NASA used the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5) to simulate surface wind speeds across the Atlantic during Sandy’s lifecycle. The large image above shows surface wind speeds on October 29, 2012, as simulated by the GEOS-5 at 7-kilometer (~4.3-mile) resolution just before the storm made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Wind speeds range from approximately 10 miles per hour (15 kilometers per hour), shown as dark blue, to 80 miles per hour (130 kilometers per hour), shown as very light purple. In the days following landfall, the remnants of Sandy moved inland over Northern New England and Canada before finally dissipating. The three smaller images show how GEOS-5 simulations of sea level pressure [left], surface wind speeds [center], and accumulated rainfall amounts [right] from October 26, 2012 to October 31, 2012, compare to observations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Hurricane Center.Used in 2014 Calendar. || ", "release_date": "2013-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-10-10T00:21:05.230943-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 429978, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030400/a030465/analyzing_superstorm_sandy_cal_print.jpg", "filename": "analyzing_superstorm_sandy_cal_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "GEOS-5 simulation of Hurricane Sandy's surface wind speeds, October 2012.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402508, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 11269, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11269/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Tracking A Superstorm", "description": "Hurricane Sandy pummeled the East Coast late in 2012’s Atlantic hurricane season, causing 159 deaths and $70 billion in damages. Days before landfall, forecasts of its trajectory were still being made. Some computer models showed that a trough in the jet stream would kick the monster storm away from land and out to sea. Among the earliest to predict its true course was NASA’s GEOS-5 global atmosphere model. The model works by dividing Earth’s atmosphere into a virtual grid of stacked boxes. A supercomputer then solves mathematical equations inside each box to create a weather forecast predicting Sandy’s structure, path and other traits. The NASA model not only produced an accurate track of Sandy, but also captured fine-scale details of the storm’s changing intensity and winds. Watch the video to see it for yourself. || ", "release_date": "2013-06-06T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:52:05.707211-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 464601, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011200/a011269/hurricane_sandy_cover_1280.jpg", "filename": "hurricane_sandy_cover_1280.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A NASA computer model simulates the astonishing track and forceful winds of Hurricane Sandy.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } }, { "id": 402509, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 30220, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30220/", "page_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "title": "Hurricane Sandy Causes Blackouts in New Jersey and New York", "description": "In the days following landfall of Hurricane Sandy, millions remained without power. This pair of images shows the difference in city lighting across New Jersey and New York before (August 31, 2012), when conditions were normal, and after (November 1, 2012) the storm. Both images were captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) “day-night band” onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite, which detects light in a range of wavelengths and uses filtering techniques to observe signals such as gas flares, city lights, and reflected moonlight.In Manhattan, the lower third of the island is dark on November 1, while Rockaway Beach, much of Long Island, and nearly all of central New Jersey are significantly dimmer. The barrier islands along the New Jersey coast, which are heavily developed with tourist businesses and year-round residents, are just barely visible in moonlight after the blackout. || ", "release_date": "2013-10-21T12:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-10-10T00:19:59.394901-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 429198, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030200/a030220/useastcoast_vir_2012306_web.png", "filename": "useastcoast_vir_2012306_web.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Suomi NPP images before and after the blackout cause by Hurricane Sandy.", "width": 320, "height": 180, "pixels": 57600 } } }, { "id": 402510, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 11925, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11925/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Supercomputing Power", "description": "How advances in science and computer modeling have lead to improvements in studying hurricanes. || c-1024.jpg (1024x576) [207.3 KB] || c-1024_print.jpg (1024x576) [215.7 KB] || c-1024_searchweb.png (320x180) [135.0 KB] || c-1024_thm.png (80x40) [30.0 KB] || ", "release_date": "2015-08-25T11:45:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:49:27.657925-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 440771, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011900/a011925/c-1024_print.jpg", "filename": "c-1024_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "How advances in science and computer modeling have lead to improvements in studying hurricanes.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402511, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10633, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10633/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Katrina Retrospective: 5 Years After the Storm", "description": "On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast. Five years later, NASA revisits the storm with a short video that shows Katrina as captured by satellites. Before and during the hurricane's landfall, NASA provided data gathered from a series of Earth observing satellites to help predict Katrina's path and intensity. In its aftermath, NASA satellites also helped identify areas hardest hit.For complete transcript, click here. || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_appleTV.00427_print.jpg (1024x576) [144.4 KB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_appleTV_web.png (320x180) [295.6 KB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_appleTV_thm.png (80x40) [17.7 KB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_appleTV.m4v (960x540) [144.9 MB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina.wmv (1280x720) [90.1 MB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [203.1 MB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.0 GB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_appleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [43.9 MB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [55.8 MB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_portal.mov (640x360) [119.5 MB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_nasacast.m4v (320x240) [25.5 MB] || G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_SVS.mpg (512x288) [27.6 MB] || ", "release_date": "2010-08-24T07:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:06.333579-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 490658, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010633/G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_appleTV.00427_print.jpg", "filename": "G2010-104_Hurricane_Katrina_appleTV.00427_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast. Five years later, NASA revisits the storm with a short video that shows Katrina as captured by satellites. Before and during the hurricane's landfall, NASA provided data gathered from a series of Earth observing satellites to help predict Katrina's path and intensity. In its aftermath, NASA satellites also helped identify areas hardest hit.For complete transcript, click here.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402512, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3216, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3216/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "GOES-12 Imagery of Hurricane Katrina: Longwave Infrared Close-up (WMS)", "description": "The GOES-12 satellite sits at 75 degrees west longitude at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers over the equator, in geosynchronous orbit. At this position its Imager instrument takes pictures of cloud patterns in several wavelengths for all of North and South America, a primary measurement used in weather forecasting. The Imager takes a pattern of pictures of parts of the Earth in several wavelengths all day, measurements that are vital in weather forecasting. This animation shows a four-day sequence of GOES-12 images in the longwave infrared wavelengths, from 10.2 to 11.2 microns, during the period that Hurricane Katrina passed through the Gulf of Mexico. This wavelength band is the most common one for observing cloud motions and severe storms throughout the day and night. Since GOES-12 takes images most often over the United States (every 5 to 10 minutes), the motion of the clouds in this close-up of the southeast US is very smooth. || ", "release_date": "2005-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-02-02T22:00:17.215746-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 512814, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003200/a003216/G12I04_pre.png", "filename": "G12I04_pre.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "GOES-12 longwave infrared imagery of Hurricane Katrina from August 26, 2005 through August 30, 2005.This product is available through our Web Map Service.", "width": 320, "height": 320, "pixels": 102400 } } }, { "id": 402513, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3221, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3221/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Hurricane Katrina Rain Accumulation", "description": "This animation shows rain accumulation from Hurricane Katrina from August 23 through 30, 2005 based on data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis. Satellite cloud data from NOAA/GOES is overlaid for context. The accumulation is shown in colors ranging from green (less than 30 mm of rain) through red (80 mm or more). The TRMM satellite, using the world's only spaceborne rain radar and other microwave instruments, measures rainfall over the ocean. || ", "release_date": "2005-09-08T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-10-06T22:00:07.510216-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 513431, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003200/a003221/katrina_rainAccumHD.4080.jpg", "filename": "katrina_rainAccumHD.4080.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Hurricane Katrina rain accumulation (yellow/red trail shows rain) ", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } }, { "id": 402514, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3253, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3253/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Hurricane Katrina Hot Towers", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft allows us to look under Hurricane Katrina's clouds to see the rain structure on August 28, 2005 at 0324Z. Spikes in the rain structure known as 'hot towers' indicate storm intensity. 'Hot Towers' refers to tall cumulonimbus clouds and has been seen as one of the mechanisms by which the intensity of a tropical cyclone is maintained. Because of the size (1-20 km) and short duration (30 minute to 2 hours) of these hot towers, studies of these events have been limited to descriptive studies from aircraft observations, although a few have attempted to use the presence of hot towers in a predictive capacity. Before TRMM, no data set existed that could show globally and definitively the presence of these hot towers in cyclone systems. Aircraft radar studies of individual storms lack global coverage. Global microwave or Infrared sensor observations do not provide the needed spatial resolution. With a ground resolution of 5 km, the TRMM Precipitation Radar provided the needed data set for examining the predictive value of hot towers in cyclone intensification. || ", "release_date": "2005-09-15T12:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-10-09T00:00:31.680013-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 513268, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003200/a003253/katowers_print.0150_web.jpg", "filename": "katowers_print.0150_web.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Energy-releasing deep convective clouds (to 16 km) in the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina on August 28 occurred while the storm was intensifying to a category 5 classification. ", "width": 320, "height": 240, "pixels": 76800 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370435, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/hurricanesand-typhoons/#media_group_370435", "widget": "Tile gallery", "title": "Tropical Cyclones: Visualizations", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 402515, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4681, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4681/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "GOES and GPM Capture Florence Trying to Intensify Over the Atlantic", "description": "Hurricane Florence originally formed from an African Easterly wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa back on the 30th of August. When it reached the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands the next day, it was organized enough to become a tropical depression. The following day the depression strengthened enough to become a tropical storm and Florence was born on the 1st of September. Over the next 3 days, Florence gradually strengthened as it moved in a general west-northwest direction into the central Atlantic. Then, on the 4th of September, Florence began to rapidly intensify. By the morning of the 5th, Florence was a Category 3 hurricane before reaching Category 4 intensity later that afternoon with maximum sustained winds estimated at 130 mph by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). At this point, Florence became the victim of increasingly strong southwesterly wind shear, which greatly weakened the storm all the way back down to a tropical storm the by evening of the 6th.The following GOES-East Infrared (IR) loop shows Florence from 17:54 UTC (1:54 pm EDT) 6 September to 19:27 UTC (3:27 pm EDT) 7 September when it was struggling against the strong southwesterly wind shear in the Central Atlantic. A very interesting looking feature is the arc-shaped cloud that propagates outward from the storm towards the west. This cloud feature is occurring at upper-levels and is likely tied to a gravity wave propagating outward from an area of intense convection that erupted from deep within the storm. When the tops of these smaller scale storms within a storm reach the upper troposphere, they can trigger gravity waves. As these waves progagate outward they can enhance cloud formation where they induce rising motion and erode cloud where they induce downward motion or subsidence. As this arc-shaped cloud is able to propagate outward uniformly from the center, it must be occurring above the shear layer. Compensating areas of subsidence can also surround the strong rising motion occurring within the tall convective clouds. This can help to erode surrounding clouds and may be contributing to the clearing that occurs between the arc-shaped cloud and the mainarea of convection.The end of the loop shows surface rainfall and a 3D flyby of Florence courtesy of the GPM core satellite, which passed over the storm at around 19:21 UTC (3:21 pm EDT) on the 7th. At the surface, two areas of intense rain (shown in magenta) reveal the presence of two areas of strong thunderstorms within Florence north and northeast of the center. The flyby shows a 3D rendering of the radar structure of the storm. The darker blue tower indicates an area of deep convection that has penetrated well over 10 km high and is associated with the southernmost area of intense rain just north of the center. It is these areas of deep convection that fuel the storm by releasing heat, known as latent heat, mainly from condensation, near the core. Although it would be nearly 2 days before Florence re-gained hurricane intensity, these convective towers are what helped Florence to survive the effects of the wind shear and eventually grow back into a Category 4 hurricane.GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA.Caption by Stephen Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and Joe Munchak (GSFC). || ", "release_date": "2018-09-12T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-06T00:13:28.489550-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 400464, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004681/florence_0907_final.3900_print.jpg", "filename": "florence_0907_final.3900_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "GPM's DPR and GMI instruments observe Tropical Storm Florence undergoing wind shearGPM passed over Tropical Storm Florence on September 7, 2018. As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. 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During Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico's lights went out.In the days, weeks, and months that followed, research physical scientist Miguel Román at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and his colleagues combined NASA's Black Marble night lights data product from the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite with USGS-NASA Landsat data and Google's OpenStreetMap to develop a neighborhood-scale map of energy use in communities across Puerto Rico as the electricity grid was slowly restored. They then analyzed the relationship between restoration rates in terms of days without electricity and the remoteness of communities from major cities. || ", "release_date": "2018-12-09T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2019-09-17T15:04:45-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 398084, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004658/bmhd_11_0940_print.jpg", "filename": "bmhd_11_0940_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This visualization starts with a global view of hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico. We then zoom in to Puerto Rico to compare the standard night lights dataset to a new, high definition version of nights lights. After the hurricane passes over the island, we see a massive drop in night light intensity due to loss of power. After showing night light levels over several stages of hurricane recovery, we transition to a 'Days Without Power' dataset. The camera then zooms in to several locations around the island to examine each stage of recovery in more detail. ", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402517, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4682, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4682/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "GPM Captures Super Typhoon Mangkhut Approaching The Philippines", "description": "At nearly the same time that the US East Coast was experiencing the arrival of Hurricane Florence, a much more powerful storm was also arriving half a world away in the Philippines—Super Typhoon Mangkhut. While the slow-moving Florence arrived as a Category 1 hurricane that brought record flooding to the Carolinas, less than 7 hours later Mangkhut (known as Ompong in the Philippines) made landfall on the northern main island of Luzon as a full on Category 5 super typhoon with sustained winds reported at 165 mph. The visualization starts with a view of Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) precipitation rates from 15:11 UTC (11:11 pm PST) 12 September to 15:41 UTC (11:41 pm PST) 13 September 2018 as the storm was making its way across the Philippine Sea headed for Luzon. Before entering the Philippine Sea, Mangkhut passed just north of Guam on the evening of the 10th as a Category 2 typhoon with sustained winds reported at 105 mph by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) causing widespread power outages. The next day on the 11th as it entered the eastern Philippine Sea, Mangkhut underwent a rapid intensification cycle wherein the storm’s intensity shot from Category 2 on the afternoon of the 10th (local time) to Category 5 with sustained winds estimated at 160 mph by JTWC by the evening of the 11th (local time). Mangkhut is estimated to have reached its peak intensity at 18:00 UTC on the 12th (2:00 am PST 13 September) with maximum sustained winds estimated at 180 mph by JTWC, making it the strongest tropical cyclone of the year thus far.At the start of the visualization, Mangkhut was an extremely powerful Category 5 super typhoon and just approaching its peak intensity. Over the next 24 hours, Mangkhut’s intensity leveled out such that when the GPM core satellite over flew the storm, Mangkhut’s peak intensity was estimated at 165 mph, a still very powerful Category 5 storm. The end of the visualization shows the surface rainfall within Mangkhut as well as a 3D flyby of the storm courtesy of the GPM core satellite, which passed over the storm at around 15:40 UTC (11:40 pm PST) on the 13th. At the surface, a distinct eye is present surrounded by a large area of very heavy to intense rain (shown in dark red and magenta). Further out, heavy rain bands are rotating counter clockwise around the storm’s center. The flyby shows a 3D rendering of the radar structure of Mangkhut using data collected from GPM’s Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar or DPR. At the heart of the storm surrounding the eye is a ring of elevated echo tops associated with Mangkhut’s eyewall. The strong symmetry and continuity of the ring is consistent with an intense tropical cyclone and suggests no inhibiting effects such as dry air or wind shear are affecting the storm. In fact, after these images were taken, Mangkhut would continue on to strike the northern part of Luzon at the same estimated intensity, becoming the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. So far the storm is being blamed for at least 95 fatalities in the Philippines, many due to a large landslide around the town of Itogon. After crossing Luzon, Mangkhut continued on to strike Hong Kong with winds reported at 121 mph before dissipating over mainland China, where it is being blamed for 6 fatalities. GPM data is part of the toolbox of satellite data used by forecasters and scientists to understand how storms behave. GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Current and future data sets are available with free registration to users from NASA Goddard's Precipitation Processing Center website. || ", "release_date": "2018-09-19T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-10-09T00:08:23.238788-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 400418, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004682/Mangkhut_07.2770_print.jpg", "filename": "Mangkhut_07.2770_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "GPM passed over Typhoon Mangkhut on September 13, 2018 at 15:21 UTC. As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation. Frozen precipitation is shown in cyan and purple.This video is also available on our YouTube channel.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402518, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4586, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4586/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Hurricane Tracks from 2017 with Precipitation and Cloud Data", "description": "2017 Atlantic Hurricane season storm tracks with IMERG precipitation and GOES clouds (01 Aug 2017 to 31 Oct 2017) || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_searchweb.png (180x320) [111.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || atlantic (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.webm (1920x1080) [28.1 MB] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [504.9 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || hurricane_tracks2017_640x360p30.mp4 (640x360) [78.6 MB] || hurricane_tracks2017_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.5 GB] || ", "release_date": "2017-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-05T23:22:54.429604-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 410810, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004586/hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_print.jpg", "filename": "hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "2017 Atlantic Hurricane season storm tracks with IMERG precipitation and GOES clouds (01 Aug 2017 to 31 Oct 2017)", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402519, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4585, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4585/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Hurricane Jose lingers in the Atlantic as Hurricane Maria approaches Puerto Rico", "description": "GPM passed over both Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Jose on September 18th, 2017. As the camera moves in on the Maria, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground. || JoseMaria_03.6000_print.jpg (576x1024) [192.4 KB] || JoseMaria_03.6000_searchweb.png (320x180) [112.5 KB] || JoseMaria_03.6000_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || JoseMaria_09-18 (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || JoseMaria_03_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.8 MB] || JoseMaria_03_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [81.8 MB] || JoseMaria_09-18 (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || JoseMaria_03_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [232.0 MB] || JoseMaria_03_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [186 bytes] || ", "release_date": "2017-09-19T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-05T23:22:43.406073-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 411391, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004585/JoseMaria_03.6000_print.jpg", "filename": "JoseMaria_03.6000_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "GPM passed over both Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Jose on September 18th, 2017. As the camera moves in on the Maria, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground.", "width": 576, "height": 1024, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402520, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4584, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4584/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "GPM Examines Hurricane Irma", "description": "GPM scans Hurricane Irma on September 5th and again on September 7th as the storm approaches Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti as a category 5 hurricane. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_print.jpg (1024x576) [158.4 KB] || Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_searchweb.png (320x180) [96.8 KB] || Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || irma_with_dates (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Irma_with_dates_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [86.9 MB] || Irma_with_dates_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.3 MB] || irma_with_dates (3840x2160) [128.0 KB] || Irma_4k_with_dates_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [233.2 MB] || ", "release_date": "2017-09-10T12:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-10-06T22:42:49.386476-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 411364, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004584/Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_print.jpg", "filename": "Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "GPM scans Hurricane Irma on September 5th and again on September 7th as the storm approaches Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti as a category 5 hurricane. This video is also available on our YouTube channel.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402521, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4458, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4458/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Harvey Floods Texas and Threatens Louisiana (Final Tropical Storm Update)", "description": "GPM caught Tropical Storm Harvey twice on August 30th, 2017. This time the storm made landfall in Louisiana and moved up east of the Texas/Louisiana border pounding already drenched eastern Texas and western Louisiana with more rain. || harvey_v2.3400_print.jpg (1024x576) [163.6 KB] || harvey_v3.mp4 (1920x1080) [91.1 MB] || harvey_through_aug_30 (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || harvey_v3.webm (1920x1080) [11.4 MB] || GSFC_20170830_GPM_m4458_Harvey.en_US.vtt [64 bytes] || harvey.mp4.hwshow [187 bytes] || ", "release_date": "2017-08-31T17:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2024-10-09T00:06:24.157712-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 413766, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004400/a004458/harvey.1050_print.jpg", "filename": "harvey.1050_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402522, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4575, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4575/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "NASA Studies Hurricane Matthew", "description": "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 GOES satellite, NASA/JAXA's GPM, MERRA-2 model runs, IMERG, Goddard'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. || matthew_narrated_v106.5800_print.jpg (1024x576) [189.6 KB] || matthew_narrated_v106.5800_searchweb.png (320x180) [114.8 KB] || matthew_narrated_v106.5800_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || matthew (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || matthew_narrated_v106.webm (1920x1080) [22.0 MB] || matthew_narrated_v106.mp4 (1920x1080) [140.5 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || matthew_narrated_v106_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [443.1 MB] || matthew_narrated_nosound.hwshow || ", "release_date": "2017-07-31T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-02-02T00:09:53.910126-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 413735, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004575/matthew_narrated_v106.5800_print.jpg", "filename": "matthew_narrated_v106.5800_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "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 GOES satellite, NASA/JAXA's GPM, MERRA-2 model runs, IMERG, Goddard'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.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402523, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "NASA Satellite Captures 3-D View Of Hurricane Matthew", "caption": "NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission or GPM core satellite captured Hurricane Matthew in 3-D as it made landfall on Haiti and as it travelled up to the Florida coast. GPM flew directly over the storm several times between October 2 - October 6, 2016. The most recent view on October 6 reveals massive amounts of rainfall being produced by the storm as it approaches Florida.
The GPM core satellite 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.
For more information about the science behind Hurricane Matthew visit: http://www.nasa.gov/matthew
For the latest storm warnings and safety information please consult your local news channels and the National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Joy Ng
Music credit: Diamond Skies by Andrew Skeet [PRS], Anthony Phillips [PRS] from the KillerTracks catalog
", "instance": { "id": 419400, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012300/a012389/LARGE_MP4-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_large.00071_searchweb.png", "filename": "LARGE_MP4-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_large.00071_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission or GPM core satellite captured Hurricane Matthew in 3-D as it made landfall on Haiti and as it travelled up to the Florida coast. GPM flew directly over the storm several times between October 2 - October 6, 2016. The most recent view on October 6 reveals massive amounts of rainfall being produced by the storm as it approaches Florida.The GPM core satellite 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. 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GPM's GPROF and DPR data swathes are then revealed to show the internal precipitation structure of this strong storm. After most of the DPR data is pulled away, a static 3D wind field is then shown to reveal the flow of air within the structure. DPR is then draped back over the wind fields to show the two datasets together. 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GPM's GPROF and DPR data swathes are then revealed to show the internal precipitation structure of this strong storm. After most of the DPR data is pulled away, a static 3D wind field is then shown to reveal the flow of air within the structure. DPR is then draped back over the wind fields to show the two datasets together. The winds are derived from GEOS-5.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402525, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4512, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4512/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "GPM Monitors Hurricane Matthew Flooding the Carolinas", "description": "This data visualization resumes where the visualization \"GPM Captures Hurricane Matthew Nearing Florida\" leaves off. In this animation Hurricane Matthew travels up the east coast from Florida to the Carolinas. On October 8, 2016 Matthew (still a category 2 hurricane) dumps massive amounts of rain throughout the southeast dousing North and South Carolina. GPM then flies over the area revealing precipitation rates on the ground. As we zoom in closer, GPM's DPR sensor reveals a curtain of 3D rain rates within the massive weather system. || matthew_v4_annotated.4999_print.jpg (1024x576) [143.7 KB] || matthew_v4_annotated.4999_searchweb.png (320x180) [86.4 KB] || matthew_v4_annotated.4999_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || Matthew_with_annotations (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || matthew_v4_annotated_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [20.0 MB] || matthew_v4_annotated_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.0 MB] || matthew_v4_annotated_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [194 bytes] || ", "release_date": "2016-10-11T17:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-02-02T00:08:53.208048-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 420234, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004512/matthew_v4_annotated.4999_print.jpg", "filename": "matthew_v4_annotated.4999_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This data visualization resumes where the visualization \"GPM Captures Hurricane Matthew Nearing Florida\" leaves off. 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GPM's GPROF sweeps in to show the tremendous amounts of rainfall throughout Haiti. We then move forward in time to October 6th as Matthew approaches Florida. Another GPM GPROF swath shows how close the outer bands of precipitation are to the Florida coast. Finally, we move a little further into the same day revealing the massive amounts of rainfall being produced by this storm as it begins to impact Florida. || mathhew_v3_annotated.3899_print.jpg (1024x576) [141.6 KB] || mathhew_v3_annotated.3899_searchweb.png (320x180) [94.1 KB] || mathhew_v3_annotated.3899_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || mathhew_v3_annotated_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [25.4 MB] || Matthew_with_annotations (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || mathhew_v3_annotated_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.2 MB] || mathhew_v3_annotated_4511.key [28.4 MB] || mathhew_v3_annotated_4511.pptx [28.0 MB] || mathhew_v3_annotated_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [228 bytes] || ", "release_date": "2016-10-06T19:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-02-02T00:08:52.910420-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 420265, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004500/a004511/mathhew_v3_annotated.3899_print.jpg", "filename": "mathhew_v3_annotated.3899_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This data visualization resumes where the visualization \"GPM Captures Hurricane Matthew Over Haiti\" leaves off. After dissolving away GPM's DPR and GPROF data over Haiti on October 3rd, 2016, we follow Matthew to October 4th as the eye makes landfall over Haiti. GPM's GPROF sweeps in to show the tremendous amounts of rainfall throughout Haiti. We then move forward in time to October 6th as Matthew approaches Florida. Another GPM GPROF swath shows how close the outer bands of precipitation are to the Florida coast. Finally, we move a little further into the same day revealing the massive amounts of rainfall being produced by this storm as it begins to impact Florida.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402527, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4358, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4358/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Tracking Kilo from Hurricane to Typhoon", "description": "Global visualization of Hurricane Kilo as it formed in the Eastern Pacific and moved across the international dateline finally diminishing in the Western Pacific near Japan. As Kilo progresses, GPM captures swathes of surface precipitation data throughout the storm's life cycle. || kilo0909.1100_print.jpg (1024x576) [188.5 KB] || kilo0909.1100_searchweb.png (320x180) [105.1 KB] || kilo0909.1100_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || kilo0909_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [57.6 MB] || global_view (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || kilo0909_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.1 MB] || ", "release_date": "2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-05T22:47:59.296439-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 442614, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004300/a004358/kilo0909.1100_print.jpg", "filename": "kilo0909.1100_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Global visualization of Hurricane Kilo as it formed in the Eastern Pacific and moved across the international dateline finally diminishing in the Western Pacific near Japan. 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The National Hurricane Center said Florence is moving very slowly to the west at only 6 miles an hour, then is expected to turn to the southwest, increasing the threat for historic storm surge and catastrophic flooding to coastline areas and inland cities in North Carolina and South Carolina.", "instance": { "id": 857288, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/HurricanesandTyphoons/Florence_ISS_Landfall.png", "filename": "Florence_ISS_Landfall.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Florence on Sept. 14 at 7:41 a.m. EDT minutes after the storm made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina packing winds of 90 miles an hour. The National Hurricane Center said Florence is moving very slowly to the west at only 6 miles an hour, then is expected to turn to the southwest, increasing the threat for historic storm surge and catastrophic flooding to coastline areas and inland cities in North Carolina and South Carolina.", "width": 1082, "height": 1951, "pixels": 2110982 } }, { "id": 402530, "type": "link", "extra_data": null, "title": "Landfall of Hurricane Michael from Space", "caption": "Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Michael at 12:58 p.m. EDT Oct. 10 from an altitude of 255 miles as the storm made landfall as a category 4 hurricane over the Florida panhandle. The National Hurricane Center reported maximum sustained winds near 150 mph with the potential to bring dangerous storm surge and heavy rains to the Florida panhandle area.", "instance": { "id": 857286, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/HurricanesandTyphoons/Michael_Landfall.png", "filename": "Michael_Landfall.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Michael at 12:58 p.m. EDT Oct. 10 from an altitude of 255 miles as the storm made landfall as a category 4 hurricane over the Florida panhandle. The National Hurricane Center reported maximum sustained winds near 150 mph with the potential to bring dangerous storm surge and heavy rains to the Florida panhandle area.", "width": 1084, "height": 2153, "pixels": 2333852 } }, { "id": 402531, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 30628, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30628/", "page_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "title": "Trio of Hurricanes Over the Pacific Ocean", "description": "Trio of Hurricanes Over the Pacific Ocean || three_storms_preview.jpg (4104x2304) [6.7 MB] || three_storms_preview_thm.png (80x40) [27.1 KB] || three_storms_preview_searchweb.png (180x320) [150.8 KB] || three_storms_night_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [9.0 MB] || three_storms_night_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [4.5 MB] || three_storms_night_720p.webm (1280x720) [5.7 MB] || three_storms_night_2304p.mp4 (4096x2304) [31.8 MB] || three_storms_night_360p.mp4 (640x360) [1.4 MB] || 4104x2304_16x9_30p (4104x2304) [0 Item(s)] || three_storms_night_30628.pptx 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There are three versions of this visualization. Two of the versions follow the eye of the storm until it dissipates, then pulls back to reveal the rain fall accumulation track as measured by the Tropcical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) using two different color tables. The first version only includes rainfall along the storm track. The second and third versions include all rainfall. 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It is computed using data from the GPM constellation of satellites — a network of international satellites that currently includes the GPM Core Observatory, GCOM-W1, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, DMSP F-16, DMSP F-17, DMSP F-18, Metop-A, and Metop-B. The global IMERG dataset provides precipitation rates for the entire world every 30 minutes. Although the process to create the combined dataset is intensive, the GPM team creates a preliminary, near-real-time dataset of precipitation within several hours of data acquisition. This visualization shows the most currently available precipitation data from IMERG, depicting how rain and snowstorms move around the planet. As scientists work to understand all the elements of Earth's climate and weather systems, and how they could change in the future, GPM provides a major step forward in providing comprehensive and consistent measurements of precipitation for scientists and a wide variety of user communities.", "width": 576, "height": 1024, "pixels": 589824 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370438, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/hurricanesand-typhoons/#media_group_370438", "widget": "Tile gallery", "title": "Edited Features", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 402538, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 13216, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13216/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "NASA Has Eyes On The Atlantic Hurricane Season", "description": "NASA has a unique and important view of hurricanes around the planet. Satellites and aircraft watch as storms form, travel across the ocean and sometimes, make landfall. After the hurricanes have passed, the satellites and aircraft see the aftermath of hurricanes, from downed forests to mass power loss. || ", "release_date": "2019-06-03T12:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:45:55.673932-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 395572, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013200/a013216/13216_NASA_Has_Eyes_On_The_Atlantic_Hurricane_Season_YouTube.00050_print.jpg", "filename": "13216_NASA_Has_Eyes_On_The_Atlantic_Hurricane_Season_YouTube.00050_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Complete transcript available.Music credits: “Northern Breeze” by Denis Levaillant [SACEM], “Stunning Horizon” by Maxime Lebidois [SACEM], Ronan Maillard [SACEM], “Magnetic Force” by JC Lemay [SACEM] from Killer TracksWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.This video can be freely shared and downloaded. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery provided by pond5.com is obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on stock footage may be found here. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html.Notes on footage:• 0:03 - 0:17 provided by Pond5• 1:38 - 1.43 provided by Pond5• 1:49 - 1:52 provided by Pond5• 2:21 - 1:27 provided by Pond5", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402539, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 13151, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13151/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Five Years of GPM Storms", "description": "Music provided by Killer Tracks: \"Life Defrosts,\" \"Revolutions Are Infinite,\" \"Formulas and Equations\"Complete transcript available. || GPM_5_text.png (1896x1064) [1.7 MB] || GPM_5_text_print.jpg (1024x574) [91.7 KB] || GPM_5_text_searchweb.png (180x320) [89.0 KB] || GPM_5_text_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || GPM_5_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.8 GB] || GPM_5_Years.mp4 (1920x1080) [292.3 MB] || GPM_5_prores.webm (1920x1080) [35.1 MB] || GPM_Five.en_US.srt [5.4 KB] || GPM_Five.en_US.vtt [5.4 KB] || ", "release_date": "2019-02-25T16:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:46:07.313503-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 397250, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013100/a013151/GPM_5_text.png", "filename": "GPM_5_text.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Music provided by Killer Tracks: \"Life Defrosts,\" \"Revolutions Are Infinite,\" \"Formulas and Equations\"Complete transcript available.", "width": 1896, "height": 1064, "pixels": 2017344 } } }, { "id": 402540, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 12590, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12590/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "3-D Views of Puerto Rico's Forests After Hurricane Maria", "description": "To get a detailed look at vegetation and land cover, NASA uses an airborne instrument called Goddard’s Lidar, Hyperspectral and Thermal Airborne Imager, or G-LiHT. 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The Dual Frequency Precipitation Radar, measuring in a narrow band over the storm center, shows 3-D estimates of rain, with snow at higher altitudes. The tall \"hot towers\" characteristic of deepening hurricanes are actually topped by snow! Surface rainfall rates estimated by the GPM Microwave Imager paint the surface over a wider swath. During the tour, you'll see the radar-observed rain intensities displayed three different ways in various parts of the storm. Then, for the first time you'll see estimates of the precipitation particle sizes, which the GPM DPR is uniquely capable of showing, and which provide important insights into storm processes.GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. || ", "release_date": "2018-10-04T09:55:00-04:00", "update_date": "2025-01-05T23:43:58.707625-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 400488, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004685/maria360.112_4k.7300_print.jpg", "filename": "maria360.112_4k.7300_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Visualization of Hurricane Maria. These are full 360 degree frames. These fames appear warped because they include the entire 360 degree view.This video is also available on our YouTube channel.", "width": 1024, "height": 512, "pixels": 524288 } } }, { "id": 402542, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 12723, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12723/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "NASA Catches Hurricanes Jose and Maria", "description": "Music: \"Tradition-Innovation,\" Philippe Lhommet, KOKA Media || 12723_JoseMaria.00065_print.jpg (1024x576) [166.5 KB] || 12723_JoseMaria.00065_searchweb.png (320x180) [100.4 KB] || 12723_JoseMaria.00065_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || 12723_JoseMaria_prores.mov (1920x1080) [928.3 MB] || 12723_JoseMaria_master_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [13.1 MB] || 12723_JoseMaria_master_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [80.1 MB] || 12723_JoseMaria_master_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [83.8 MB] || 12723_JoseMaria_master_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [61.2 MB] || 12723_JoseMaria.mp4 (1920x1080) [63.2 MB] || 12723_JoseMaria_prores.webm (1920x1080) [6.4 MB] || 12723_JoseMaria.en_US.srt [1.1 KB] || 12723_JoseMaria.en_US.vtt [1.1 KB] || ", "release_date": "2017-09-20T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:47:21.675860-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 411021, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012700/a012723/12723_JoseMaria.00065_print.jpg", "filename": "12723_JoseMaria.00065_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Music: \"Tradition-Innovation,\" Philippe Lhommet, KOKA Media", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402543, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 12738, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12738/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Intense String of Hurricanes Seen From Space", "description": "In 2017, we have seen four Atlantic storms rapidly intensify with three of those storms - Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria - making landfall. When hurricanes intensify a large amount in a short period, scientists call this process rapid intensification. This is the hardest aspect of a storm to forecast and it can be most critical to people’s lives.While any hurricane can threaten lives and cause damage with storm surges, floods, and extreme winds, a rapidly intensifying hurricane can greatly increase these risks while giving populations limited time to prepare and evacuate. || ", "release_date": "2017-10-04T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:47:19.527500-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 410495, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012700/a012738/LARGE_MP4-12738_RapidIntensification_large.00084_print.jpg", "filename": "LARGE_MP4-12738_RapidIntensification_large.00084_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.Music credits: 'Micro Currents' by Jean-Patrick Voindrot [SACEM], 'Sink Deep' by Andrew Michael Britton [PRS], David Stephen Goldsmith [PRS], Mikey Rowe [PRS] from Killer Tracks.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402544, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 12635, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12635/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "A New Multi-dimensional View of a Hurricane", "description": "Music: \"Buoys,\" Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks; \"Late Night Drive,\" Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks.Complete transcript available. || Matthew_screengrab_print.jpg (1024x574) [158.4 KB] || Matthew_screengrab_searchweb.png (320x180) [114.3 KB] || Matthew_screengrab_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_prores.webm (1920x1080) [25.4 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [49.8 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew.mp4 (1920x1080) [236.9 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [271.2 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_prores_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [362.8 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [362.9 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew.en_US.srt [4.1 KB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew.en_US.vtt [4.1 KB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.0 GB] || ", "release_date": "2017-07-25T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:47:32.041851-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 413617, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012600/a012635/Matthew_screengrab_print.jpg", "filename": "Matthew_screengrab_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Music: \"Buoys,\" Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks; \"Late Night Drive,\" Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks.Complete transcript available.", "width": 1024, "height": 574, "pixels": 587776 } } }, { "id": 402545, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 12251, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12251/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Ten-Year Gap in Major Hurricanes Continues", "description": "Could the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season break the 10-year “hurricane drought” record?It has been a decade since the last major hurricane, Category 3 or higher, has made landfall in the United States. This is the longest period of time for the United States to avoid a major hurricane since reliable records began in 1850. According to a NASA study, a 10-year gap comes along only every 270 years. The National Hurricane Center calls any Category 3 or more intense hurricane a “major” storm. It should be noted that hurricanes making landfall as less than Category 3 can still cause extreme damage, with heavy rains and coastal storm surges. Such was the case with Hurricane Sandy in 2012.Timothy Hall, a research scientist who studies hurricanes at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York and colleague Kelly Hereid, who works for ACE Tempest Re, a reinsurance firm based in Connecticut, ran a statistical hurricane model based on a record of Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1950 to 2012 and sea surface temperature data. The researchers ran 1,000 computer simulations of the period from 1950-2012 – in effect simulating 63,000 separate Atlantic hurricane seasons. They also found that there is approximately a 40% chance that a major hurricane will make landfall in the United States every year. These visualizations show hurricane tracks from 1980 through 2015. Green tracks are storms that did not make landfall in the U.S.; yellow tracks are storms that made landfall but were not Category 3 or higher; and red tracks are Category 3 or higher hurricanes that did make landfall.Research: The frequency and duration of U.S. hurricane droughtsJournal: Geophysical Research Letters, May 5, 2015 || ", "release_date": "2016-05-27T12:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:48:35.261447-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 423957, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012200/a012251/YOUTUBE_HQ-12251_HurricaneDrought2016_FinalComp_youtube_hq.00001_print.jpg", "filename": "YOUTUBE_HQ-12251_HurricaneDrought2016_FinalComp_youtube_hq.00001_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Hurricane tracks from 1980 through 2015. Green tracks did not make landfall in US; yellow tracks made landfall but were not Category 3 or higher hurricanes at landfall; red tracks made landfall and were Category 3 or higher. 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But powering the inside of these storms we find one of nature's most astounding natural engines: hot towers. Scientists discovered hot towers in recent years by observing storms from space and creating advanced supercomputer models to decipher how a hurricane sustains its winding movement. The models show that when air spirals inward toward the eye of a hurricane it collides with an unstable region of air at the eyewall, where the strongest winds are found, and suddenly deflects upwards. This rush of warm, moist air is accelerated by surrounding patches of convective clouds, called hot towers, which strengthen and propel the hurricane by keeping the vertical ring of clouds in motion. Watch the first video below as NASA researchers look under the hood of these cloud super-engines to reveal exciting findings about a hurricane's internal motor. || ", "release_date": "2010-07-28T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:07.849903-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 490901, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003773/hot_tower1024x576.jpg", "filename": "hot_tower1024x576.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "How cloud super-engines shift hurricanes into overdrive.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402549, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10829, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10829/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "27 Storms: Arlene To Zeta", "description": "By the numbers the 2005 Atlantic tropical storm season was unlike any other: A total 27 tropical storms, including 15 hurricanes, made it a record-breaking year. The season also gave rise to Katrina, one of the most intense and costliest hurricanes that resulted in 1,200 deaths and more than $100 billion in damages. The unusually high frequency and strength of these tropical storms were linked to favorable development conditions observed in the ocean and atmosphere between the Caribbean Sea and west coast of Africa where they form. Easterly winds blowing off the African continent seeded the Atlantic with a large number of proto-hurricanes—swirling air masses that grow over tropical waters. Ideal open ocean wind patterns on the surface and high above permitted storm clouds to easily mature into vigorous convective cells—the building blocks of hurricanes. Warmer ocean surface waters slightly above their 80 degrees Fahrenheit average further strengthened the storms and sent the spinning hurricanes into overdrive. The visualization below tracks the paths of all 27 tropical storms that made up this historical year. || ", "release_date": "2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:53:35.721222-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 483058, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010800/a010829/27stormsOL.00774_1024x576.jpg", "filename": "27stormsOL.00774_1024x576.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Find out what fueled one of the worst hurricane seasons in history.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370439, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/hurricanesand-typhoons/#media_group_370439", "widget": "Card gallery", "title": "Spacecraft Animations", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 402550, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 4698, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4698/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Earth Observing Fleet (October 2018)", "description": "NASA's Earth Science Fleet as of October 2018 || fleet201810_hd01.07410_print.jpg (1024x576) [71.1 KB] || fleet201810_hd01.07410_searchweb.png (320x180) [64.9 KB] || fleet201810_hd01.07410_thm.png (80x40) [4.8 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_60p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || fleet201810_hd01.webm (1920x1080) [51.8 MB] || fleet201810_hd01.mp4 (1920x1080) [229.8 MB] || 9600x3240_16x9_30p (9600x3240) [0 Item(s)] || fleet201810_hd01.mp4.hwshow [182 bytes] || ", "release_date": "2018-12-09T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2025-01-06T00:13:44.748224-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 402320, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004698/fleet201810_hd01.07410_print.jpg", "filename": "fleet201810_hd01.07410_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "NASA's Earth Science Fleet as of October 2018", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402551, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 11392, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11392/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "GPM Core Spacecraft Beauty Passes", "description": "A variety of animated beauty passes of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core spacecraft. || ", "release_date": "2013-10-31T17:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:51:32.332494-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 461329, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011392/GPM_Beauty_NEW_youtube_hq00127_print.jpg", "filename": "GPM_Beauty_NEW_youtube_hq00127_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Various beauty passes of the GPM Core spacecraft.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } }, { "id": 402552, "type": "media_group", "extra_data": null, "title": "GOES-R", "caption": "The new generation GOES-R satellites will carry significant improvements and technology innovation on board. GOES-R will be able to deliver a full globe scan in only 5 minutes, compared to the 25 minutes needed for the same task with the current GOES satellites. GOES-R's lightning mapper instrument is expected to improve warning lead time for severe storms and tornadoes by 50%. This without a doubt will help predict severe weather in advance and save more lives. This reel is a compilation of finished productions about the GOES-R mission as well as supporting materials such as animations, visualizations, and still images.", "instance": { "id": 466288, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010936/GOESR_Beauty_Pass_Final_youtube_hq_web.png", "filename": "GOESR_Beauty_Pass_Final_youtube_hq_web.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "An artist concept of the GOES-R spacecraft in geostationary orbit seeing lightning from space. One of the newest features of GOES-R is the critical ability to measure and see in-cloud lightning. Thus increasing the tornado warning time.", "width": 180, "height": 320, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 402553, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3971, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3971/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Constellation", "description": "Nine U.S. and international satellites will soon be united by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a partnership co-led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). NASA and JAXA will provide the GPM Core satellite to serve as a reference for precipitation measurements made by this constellation of satellites, which will be combined into a single global dataset continually refreshed every three hours. While each partner satellite has its own mission objective, they all carry a type of instrument called a radiometer that measures radiated energy from rainfall and snowfall. The GPM Core satellite carries two instruments: a state-of-the-art radiometer called the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) and the first space-borne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), which sees the 3D structure of falling rain and snow. The DPR and GMI work in concert to provide a unique database that will be used to improve the accuracy and consistency of measurements from all partner satellites, which will then be combined into the uniform global precipitation dataset. In this animation the orbit paths of the partner satellites of the GPM constellation fill in blue as the instruments pass over Earth. Rainfall appears light blue for light rain, yellow for moderate, and red for heavy rain. Partner satellites are traced in green and purple, and the GPM Core is traced in red. The GPM Core observatory is currently being built and tested at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. 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Building upon the success of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the GPM concept centers on the deployment of a \"Core\" satellite carrying an advanced radar / radiometer system to measure precipitation from space and serve as a reference standard to unify precipitation measurements from a constellation of research and operational satellites. Through improved measurements of precipitation globally, the GPM mission helps to advance our understanding of Earth's water and energy cycle, improve forecasting of extreme events that cause natural hazards and disasters, and extend current capabilities in using accurate and timely information of precipitation to directly benefit society. GPM, initiated by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as a global successor to TRMM, comprises a consortium of international space agencies, including the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and others. 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It is computed using data from the GPM constellation of satellites — a network of international satellites that currently includes the GPM Core Observatory, GCOM-W1, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, DMSP F-16, DMSP F-17, DMSP F-18, Metop-A, and Metop-B. The global IMERG dataset provides precipitation rates for the entire world every 30 minutes. Although the process to create the combined dataset is intensive, the GPM team creates a preliminary, near-real-time dataset of precipitation within several hours of data acquisition. This visualization shows the most currently available precipitation data from IMERG, depicting how rain and snowstorms move around the planet. 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