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] ||

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 ||

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] ||

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] ||

NASA's GPM satellite helped track Nate's progress through the Gulf of Mexico and also captured Nate's landfall on the north central Gulf Coast. This animation shows instantaneous rainrate estimates from NASA's Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM or IMERG product over North America and the surrounding waters beginning on Thursday October 5th when Nate first became a tropical storm near the northeast coast of Nicaragua in the western Caribbean until its eventual landfall on the northern Gulf Coast on Sunday October 8th. IMERG estimates precipitation from a combination of space-borne passive microwave sensors, including the GMI microwave sensor onboard the GPM core satellite, and geostationary IR (infrared) data. The animation shows Nate moving rapidly northward through the Gulf of Mexico on the 7th. Nate's rapid movement from 20 to as much as 26 mph did not allow the storm much time to strengthen despite being over very warm waters and in a relatively low wind shear environment. Nate reached a peak intensity of 90 mph sustained winds, which it maintained while passing over the Gulf of Mexico, but it did not intensify any further before making landfall. The animation also shows two 3D flyby's of Nate captured by the GPM core satellite as it overflew the storm just before landfall at 22:58 UTC (5:58 CDT) on Saturday October 7th and again at 08:42 UTC (3:42 CDT) on Sunday October 8th soon after Nate's second landfall. The 3D precipitation tops (shown in blue) are from GPM's DPR as are the vertical cross sections of precipitation intensity. The first overpass shows that Nate is a very asymmetric storm with most of the rainbands associated with Nate located north and east of the center. With it's rapid movement, Nate was unable to fully develop and lacks the classic ring of intense thunderstorms associated a fully developed eyewall. Although overall much the same, the second overpass shows an area of deep, intense convection producing heavy rains over southwest Alabama. || nate.1890_print.jpg (1024x576) [166.6 KB] || nate.1890_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.3 KB] || nate.1890_thm.png (80x40) [7.5 KB] || nate.mp4 (1920x1080) [37.1 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || nate.webm (1920x1080) [5.1 MB] || nate.mp4.hwshow [170 bytes] ||

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] ||

This example visualization shows how all of the below data visualizations could be arranged on NASA's 3x3 hyperwall display. || MatthewHyperwall9.01110_print.jpg (1024x576) [227.7 KB] || MatthewHyperwall9.01110_searchweb.png (320x180) [116.5 KB] || MatthewHyperwall9.01110_thm.png (80x40) [8.0 KB] || MatthewHyperwall9.mp4 (1920x1080) [61.9 MB] || MatthewHyperwall9.webm (1920x1080) [4.8 MB] || MatthewHyperwall9_4543.key [64.9 MB] || MatthewHyperwall9_4543.pptx [64.4 MB] || MatthewHyperwall9.mp4.hwshow [206 bytes] ||

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 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. || flyby.1100_print.jpg (1024x576) [116.1 KB] || flyby.1100_searchweb.png (320x180) [68.6 KB] || flyby.1100_thm.png (80x40) [5.2 KB] || flyby_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [31.3 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || flyby_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.8 MB] || flyby4K_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [93.2 MB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || flyby_4548.key [33.8 MB] || flyby_4548.pptx [33.5 MB] || flyby_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [179 bytes] ||

Tropical Storm Eta making landfall over the Florida Keys on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at approximately 23:11Z (11/9/2020 4:11 EST). || eta1109_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [149.3 KB] || eta1109_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [116.5 KB] || eta1109_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.6 KB] || eta1109_001.mp4 (1920x1080) [47.6 MB] || tif (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || exr (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || eta1109_001.webm (1920x1080) [5.7 MB] || eta1109_001.mp4.hwshow [177 bytes] ||

This data visualization starts by looking at Hurricane Douglas via IMERG precipitation measurements over cloud cover as Douglas approaches the Hawaiian islands on July 25, 2020. GPM then flies over to collect more detailed measurements of the Hurricane's surface precipitation and internal structure via it's GMI and DPR instruments respectively. || cam_douglasShape.2400_print.jpg (1024x576) [140.2 KB] || cam_douglasShape.2400_searchweb.png (320x180) [89.4 KB] || cam_douglasShape.2400_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || douglas_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [76.4 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || douglas_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [11.4 MB] || douglas_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [181 bytes] ||