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A recent study coauthored by NASA shows that rainfall might provide the energy needed for these vesicles to form.Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Perpetual Resonance” by Lee John Gretton [PRS]Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel and Facebook. || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3_print.jpg (1024x576) [112.3 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3.jpg (1280x720) [362.4 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3.png (1280x720) [734.2 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3_searchweb.png (320x180) [62.2 KB] || Titan-Vesicles-Thumbnail-V3_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_720.mp4 (1280x720) [39.0 MB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [218.4 MB] || TitanVesiclesCaptions.en_US.srt [3.8 KB] || TitanVesiclesCaptions.en_US.vtt [3.6 KB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_4K.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.3 GB] || 14951_Titan_Vesicles_Explainer_ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [8.0 GB] || ", "hits": 360 }, { "id": 20411, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20411/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2026-01-14T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "A Pathway to Protocells on Titan – Animations", "description": "These animations illustrate how simple protocells could form in the lakes of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. When rain falls from Titan’s methane clouds into its hydrocarbon lakes, it can transport organic molecules like acrylonitrile that are attracted to both water and oil. Such amphiphile molecules are likely to collect in a thin film on the surface of Titan’s lakes. As large raindrops pelt the lakes, they could stir up this floating “pond scum” to form spherical droplets of methane coated in a bilayer of amphiphiles – structures called vesicles that resemble cell membranes on Earth.Although such vesicles have yet to be detected on Titan, a 2025 study by Christian Mayer and NASA scientist Conor Nixon lays out the process for their formation and evolution, and it proposes a mechanism for their discovery by a future mission to Titan. The paper also proposes that different mixtures of amphiphiles could stabilize vesicles and lead to the evolution of simple protocells on Titan. || ", "hits": 296 }, { "id": 5569, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5569/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-11T09:30:59-04:00", "title": "Texas Hill Country Hit by Powerful Floods", "description": "GPM passed over the Texas storm on July 4th, 11am CT.", "hits": 78 }, { "id": 20403, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20403/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2025-05-14T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Titan science results from James Webb Space Telescope: animation resource page", "description": "Push into JWST to Saturn and Titan. || JWST_Titan_Intro_Final_V001.00957_print.jpg (1024x576) [145.8 KB] || JWST_Titan_Intro_Final_V001.00957_searchweb.png (320x180) [78.0 KB] || JWST_Titan_Intro_Final_V001.00957_thm.png [5.5 KB] || JWST_Titan_Intro_Final_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [72.8 MB] || JWST_Titan_Intro_Final_V001.mp4 (3840x2160) [38.4 MB] || JWST_Titan_Intro_Final_V001.mov (3840x2160) [6.8 GB] || ", "hits": 257 }, { "id": 5530, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5530/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-05-14T08:00:59-04:00", "title": "Webb Confirms Seasonal Variations in Titan Climate Model", "description": "This global circulation model simulates a year of weather on Titan, depicting seasonal variations in wind currents, methane cloud cover, and sunlight over the course of a Saturn year (approximately 29.5 Earth years). New observations from the James Webb Science Telescope confirm this seasonal variation.", "hits": 170 }, { "id": 14843, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14843/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-05-14T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Webb Spies Rain Clouds, New Molecule on Titan", "description": "NASA’s Webb Telescope has discovered a new molecule in Titan’s atmosphere – one that may have implications for the future of this surprisingly Earthlike world.Complete transcript available.Universal Production Music: “Barfuß Durch Die Stadt” by Edgar Möller [GEMA] and Lucia Wilke [GEMA]; “Into the Void” by Gage Boozan [ASCAP]; “Pulse of Progress” by Emma Zarobyan [SOCAN]; “Playing With The Narrative” by Cathleen Flynn [ASCAP] and Micah Barnes [BMI]; “Back From The Brink” by Daniel Gunnar Louis Trachtenberg [PRS]Watch this video on the James Webb Space Telescope YouTube channel. || Webb_Titan_Climate_Thumbnail_print.jpg (1024x576) [189.4 KB] || Webb_Titan_Climate_Thumbnail.jpg (1280x720) [872.3 KB] || Webb_Titan_Climate_Thumbnail.png (1280x720) [1.3 MB] || Webb_Titan_Climate_Thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [88.6 KB] || Webb_Titan_Climate_Thumbnail_thm.png [6.7 KB] || 14843_Webb_Titan_Climate_720.mp4 (1280x720) [77.0 MB] || 14843_Webb_Titan_Climate_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [431.4 MB] || WebbTitanClimate.en_US.srt [7.3 KB] || WebbTitanClimate.en_US.vtt [6.9 KB] || 14843_Webb_Titan_Climate_4K.mp4 (3840x2160) [4.9 GB] || 14843_Webb_Titan_Climate_ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [29.0 GB] || ", "hits": 155 }, { "id": 5237, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5237/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-03-29T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Grand Average Precipitation Climatology (2000-2023)", "description": "Grand Average Precipitation Climatology ranging from June 2000 to May 2023 || IMERG_GrandAvg.jpg (4096x2048) [1.4 MB] || IMERGclim_v02_2024-03-07_1546.00002_searchweb.png (320x180) [89.6 KB] || IMERGclim_v02_2024-03-07_1546.00002_thm.png (80x40) [7.5 KB] || IMERGclim_v02_2024-03-07_1546.00002.exr (4096x2048) [18.5 MB] || ", "hits": 250 }, { "id": 5014, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5014/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2022-08-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Drought in the Horn of Africa", "description": "According to a July 29 2022 report from the International Food Security and Nutrition Working Group, the worst drought conditions in 70 years across the Horn of Africa have more than 16 million people coping with a shortage of drinking water. Yields of key crops are down for the third year in a row, milk production is in decline, and more than 9 million livestock animals have been lost due to a lack of water and suitable forage land. At the same time, regional conflicts, COVID-19, locusts, and the Ukraine War have caused price spikes and shortages of basic commodities. An estimated 18 to 21 million people now \"face high levels of acute food insecurity\" in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.These animations depict root zone and surface soil moisture observations and forecasts from the NASA Hydrological Forecast and Analysis System (NHyFAS). Reds depict areas with soil moisture percentages below the average, while blues reflect areas that are above average (often due to passing storms). The first 27 seconds of the animation show soil moisture from August 2020 through June 2022. The final 10 seconds show forecasts for July through December 2022, including the next rainy season. Root zone moisture is critical for long term crop growth. New seedlings are mostly dependent on surface water, but then as plants grow and sink deeper roots, they are sustained by moisture in the top layer of the soil. || ", "hits": 188 }, { "id": 13348, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13348/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-10-17T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA’s New View of the Daily Cycle of Rain", "description": "The most detailed view of our daily weather has been created using NASA's newest extended precipitation record known as the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM, or IMERG analysis.The IMERG analysis combines almost 20 years of rain and snow data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the joint NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM).The daily cycle of weather, also known as the diurnal cycle, shapes how and when our weather develops and is fundamental to regulating our climate. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 13345, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13345/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-10-16T01:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Remasters Nearly 20 Years of Global Rain", "description": "Music: \"Synchronicity,\" \"The Ocean and the Moon,\" \"Cloud Surfing,\" Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. || IMERG_Thumb2.png (1672x938) [2.3 MB] || IMERG_Thumb2_print.jpg (1024x574) [141.1 KB] || IMERG_Thumb2_searchweb.png (320x180) [117.2 KB] || IMERG_Thumb2_thm.png (80x40) [8.4 KB] || 13345_IMERG20_v2_prores.webm (1920x1080) [32.5 MB] || 13345_IMERG20_v2.mp4 (1920x1080) [465.7 MB] || 13345_IMERG20.en_US.srt [5.3 KB] || 13345_IMERG20.en_US.vtt [5.3 KB] || 13345_IMERG20_v2_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.9 GB] || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 4760, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4760/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2019-10-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Grand Average Precipitation Climatology", "description": "Grand Average Precipitation Climatology || grand_average_climatology2_black_print.jpg (1024x576) [128.5 KB] || grand_average_climatology2_black_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.7 KB] || grand_average_climatology2_black_thm.png (80x40) [8.0 KB] || grand_average_climatology2_black.tif (3840x2160) [80.5 MB] || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 13079, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13079/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-10-04T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Inside Hurricane Maria in 360°", "description": "Two days before Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the NASA-Japan Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite captured a 3-D view of the storm. At the time Maria was a Category 1 hurricane. The 3-D view reveals the processes inside the hurricane that would fuel the storm’s intensification to a category 5 within 24 hours.For the first time in 360-degrees, this data visualization takes you inside the hurricane. The precipitation satellite has an advanced radar that measures both liquid and frozen water. The brightly colored dots show areas of rainfall, where green and yellow show low rates and red and purple show high rates. At the top of the hurricane, where temperatures are colder, blue and purple dots show light and heavy frozen precipitation. The colored areas below the dots show how much rain is falling at the surface. Created by: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio and NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterData Sources:• NASA/GPM Dual Precipitation Radar (DPR) precipitation rate and drop size distribution data• NASA/GPM GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) ground precipitation data• NASA/Bluemarble land imagery• NOAA/GOES16 cloud data• Hipparcos/Telescope/Tycho 2 Catalogue || ", "hits": 73 }, { "id": 30916, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30916/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2017-12-01T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Intraseasonal Variability in Earth’s Atmosphere and Ocean: The MISO and MJO", "description": "The Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillation (MISO) is a process that occurs several times each year from May-October in the atmosphere over the tropical Indian Ocean, the western tropical Pacific Ocean, and the surrounding land areas. MISO events alternate between periods of wetter-than-average and drier-than-average conditions, a cycle that lasts longer than typical weather systems do (1-2 weeks), but shorter than a season (90 days). The way that the MISO affects rainfall and drought patterns is important to the economies and livelihoods of the people that live in South and Southeast Asia.This animation shows the behavior of the MISO based on the average of many MISO events that occurred over a multi-year time period. The MISO events were visible with NASA and NOAA satellite sensors that measure outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), which is closely related to convection and its associated rainfall, as well as surface winds. Green colors show regions of higher-than-average rainfall, while brown colors show regions of lower-than-average rainfall. The day and phase counters show the progression of consecutive days and phases (positions) in the average 48-day cycle of the MISO. || West_1_MISO_OLR_Wind.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [106.1 KB] || West_1_MISO_OLR_Wind.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [46.3 KB] || West_1_MISO_OLR_Wind.00001_thm.png (80x40) [4.4 KB] || West_1_MISO_OLR_Wind.mov (1280x720) [87.0 MB] || West_1_MISO_OLR_Wind.webm (1280x720) [2.1 MB] || West_1_MISO_OLR_Wind_1080.mov (1440x1080) [117.5 MB] || West_1_MISO_OLR_Wind_4k.mov (3840x2160) [568.6 MB] || ", "hits": 139 }, { "id": 4587, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4587/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Brown Ocean Effect", "description": "Before Tropical Storm Bill made landfall over Texas, eastern Texas experienced several days of rain that began flooding areas to the south east and northern parts of the state. As Tropical Storm Bill moved northward through Texas it is hypothesized that it fed off the highly saturated ground (as if it were still over the ocean) and can be seen slightly intensifying (via winds) as it moved into Oklahoma and progressed to the northeast. || brown_ocean_v3.1016_print.jpg (1024x576) [267.9 KB] || brown_ocean_v3.1016_searchweb.png (320x180) [127.0 KB] || brown_ocean_v3.1016_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || brown_ocean_v3.webm (1920x1080) [17.0 MB] || brown_ocean_v3.mp4 (1920x1080) [245.0 MB] || brown_ocean_v3.mp4.hwshow [180 bytes] || ", "hits": 115 }, { "id": 12603, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12603/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-09-13T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "Predicting Malaria Outbreaks With NASA Satellites", "description": "In the Amazon Rainforest, few animals are as dangerous to humans as mosquitos that transmit malaria. The tropical disease can bring on severe fever, headaches and chills and is particularly severe for children and the elderly and can cause complications for pregnant women. In rainforest-covered Peru the number of malaria cases has spiked such that, in the past five years, it has had on average the second highest rate in the South American continent. In 2014 and 2015 there were 65,000 reported cases in the country.Containing malaria outbreaks is challenging because it is difficult to figure out where people are contracting the disease. As a result, resources such as insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor sprays are often deployed to areas where few people are getting infected, allowing the outbreak to grow.To tackle this problem, university researchers have turned to data from NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites, which are able to track the types of human and environmental events that typically precede an outbreak. With funding from NASA’s Applied Sciences Program, they are working in partnership with the Peruvian government to develop a system that uses satellite and other data to help forecast outbreaks at the household level months in advance and prevent outbreaks.Additional imagery from: Christopher B. Plunkett FortJames GathanyFábio Medeiros da Costa || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 12494, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12494/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-02-07T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "GPM Has Best Calibrated Microwave Imager in the World", "description": "This is an infographic describing how the GPM Microwave Imager works and maintains its high degree of calibration, as well as how it contributes to the precipitation rates produced by the mission. || GMI_Calibration_Infographic_10_Final.jpg (1275x5978) [2.9 MB] || GMI_thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [39.4 KB] || GMI_thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 30833, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30833/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Hurricane Matthew Rainfall Totals", "description": "Total rainfall from Hurricane Matthew || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016.jpg (1280x720) [1.1 MB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016_print.jpg (1024x576) [830.6 KB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016_searchweb.png (320x180) [143.6 KB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016_thm.png (80x40) [9.0 KB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016.webm (1280x720) [3.3 MB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016.mov (1280x720) [3.9 MB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016.key [6.2 MB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016.pptx [5.8 MB] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016_still.hwshow [232 bytes] || matthew_imerg_28sep-10oct2016_movie.hwshow [233 bytes] || ", "hits": 64 }, { "id": 12389, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12389/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-10-07T18:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Satellite Captures 3-D View Of Hurricane Matthew", "description": "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/matthewFor 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 NgMusic credit: Diamond Skies by Andrew Skeet [PRS], Anthony Phillips [PRS] from the KillerTracks catalog || LARGE_MP4-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_large.00071_print.jpg (1024x576) [177.2 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_large.00071_searchweb.png (180x320) [103.3 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_large.00071_web.png (320x180) [103.3 KB] || LARGE_MP4-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_large.00071_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || APPLE_TV-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [56.4 MB] || YOUTUBE_HQ-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_youtube_hq.webm (1920x1080) [10.2 MB] || APPLE_TV-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [56.5 MB] || LARGE_MP4-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [118.1 MB] || YOUTUBE_HQ-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [278.4 MB] || NASA_TV-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D.mpeg (1280x720) [392.7 MB] || PRORES_B-ROLL-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_prores.mov (1280x720) [846.1 MB] || Matthew.en_US.srt [1.7 KB] || Matthew.en_US.vtt [1.7 KB] || 12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_prores.mov (1920x1080) [1.6 GB] || NASA_PODCAST-12389_HurricaneMatthew3D_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [16.6 MB] || ", "hits": 68 }, { "id": 12287, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12287/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-06-22T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Extreme Precipitation Facebook Live Event", "description": "Ever wonder where in the world we get the most extreme rainfall (and how we know)? Or if climate change is going to cause more frequent and intense hurricanes?NASA scientists and engineers, Dalia Kirschbaum, Scott Braun, and Jamie Pawloski had a live discussion on Facebook about how they study extreme weather from space. Viewers got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Operations Center and were also able to ask the scientists questions. The Facebook Live event was held on June 23, 2016 at 1.00pm ET. Click here to see the original Facebook post.To see more posts from NASA's precipitation measurement missions visit their Facebook page. || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 12261, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12261/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-05-19T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA On Air: NASA Measures Rain Drop Size From GPM Satellite (5/19/2016)", "description": "LEAD: NASA's latest precipitation satellite, the Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, is measuring the size and distribution of raindrops in storms around the world. 1. A dual-frequency precipitation radar and a microwave imager scan storm clouds from the GPM satellite, 250 miles above the earth. 2. The smallest rain droplets, indicated here in blue, are about half a millimeter in diameter, or two one-hundredths of an inch across. The updrafts in clouds blow these lightweight drops to the upper regions of the storm clouds. 3. The heavier large rain droplets, indicated here in orange, fall to the lower regions of the clouds.These droplets are about 5 millimeters or about 3/16 inches in diameter. 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The size of falling raindrops depends on several factors, including where the cloud producing the drops is located on the globe and where the drops originate in the cloud. For the first time, scientists have three-dimensional snapshots of raindrops and snowflakes around the world from space, thanks to the joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. With the new global data on raindrop and snowflake sizes this mission provides, scientists can improve rainfall estimates from satellite data and in numerical weather forecast models, helping us better understand and prepare for extreme weather events. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 12182, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12182/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-03-31T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Why Do Raindrop Sizes Matter In Storms?", "description": "Not all raindrops are created equal. The size of falling raindrops depends on several factors, including where the cloud producing the drops is located on the globe and where the drops originate in the cloud. For the first time, scientists have three-dimensional snapshots of raindrops and snowflakes around the world from space, thanks to the joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. With the new global data on raindrop and snowflake sizes this mission provides, scientists can improve rainfall estimates from satellite data and in numerical weather forecast models, helping us better understand and prepare for extreme weather events.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube Channel. || ", "hits": 104 }, { "id": 12127, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12127/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2016-01-15T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA on Air: NASA GPM Mission Detects Mississippi River Flooding Rains (1/15/2016)", "description": "LEAD: NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission helped forecasters track the heavy 20-inch flood-producing rainfalls of December 2015. 1. The animation shows the accumulation of rainfall from December's three major storm systems that took place on December 1st through 3rd, the 13th through 16th, and 21st through 31st.2. Red colors indicate accumulate rainfall of 20 inches, yellow 10-12 inches, green 6-10. And shades of blue 2-6 inches. The extent of the area that drains into the Mississippi River is outlined in black.3. Extensive flooding took place in Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi. TAG: Alabama and Georgia were hardest hit by rainstorms that arrived Christmas week, which led to massive flooding and declarations of a state of emergency in Alabama and northern Georgia. || IPAD_DELIVERABLES_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_iPad_1920x1080_print.jpg (1024x576) [145.1 KB] || IPAD_DELIVERABLES_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_iPad_1920x1080_searchweb.png (320x180) [84.5 KB] || IPAD_DELIVERABLES_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_iPad_1920x1080_thm.png (80x40) [5.7 KB] || WSI_WEATHER_CHANNEL_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [930.1 MB] || WSI_WEATHER_CHANNEL_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [1010.5 MB] || NBC_TODAY_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [3.4 MB] || Accuweather_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_Accuweather.avi (1280x720) [7.1 MB] || BARON_SERVICE_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [13.7 MB] || Weather_Centra_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_Weather_Central.wmv (1280x720) [9.0 MB] || WC_PRORES_422_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_prores.mov (1920x1080) [534.0 MB] || IPAD_DELIVERABLES_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [4.7 MB] || IPAD_DELIVERABLES_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [7.3 MB] || IPAD_DELIVERABLES_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding_iPad_1920x1080.m4v (1920x1080) [14.0 MB] || WEBM_NASA_On_Air-Mississippi_RIver_Flooding.webm (960x540) [2.7 MB] || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 11860, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11860/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-04-21T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA On Air: NASA Landslide Catalog Now Available (4/21/2015)", "description": "LEAD: A new website now totals up landslide occurrences and resulting deaths across the U.S. and the world.1. NASA and other researchers have tracked global news and web reports of rain-caused landslides since 2007.2. Between 2007 and 2013, more than 20,000 people have died in 6,000 landslides - an average of 2,500 per year.3. An interactive website will help researchers match future news reports of landslides with the data of heavy rain from a new satellite-based network covering Earth.TAG: Early warning for potential landslides is the long-term goal. || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_print.jpg (1024x576) [110.9 KB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_searchweb.png (320x180) [73.9 KB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_web.png (320x180) [73.9 KB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_WEA_CEN.wmv (1280x720) [14.6 MB] || WC_Landslides_converted.avi (1280x720) [16.2 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_baron.mp4 (1920x1080) [15.4 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_960x540.m4v (960x540) [46.4 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_1280x720.m4v (1280x720) [84.5 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.webm (1920x1080) [2.8 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_iPad_1920x0180.m4v (1920x1080) [182.7 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_NBC_Today.mov (1920x1080) [198.6 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_prores.mov (1920x1080) [421.7 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_1920x1080.mov (1920x1080) [742.6 MB] || WC_Landslides-1920-MASTER_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [915.8 MB] || ", "hits": 59 }, { "id": 11854, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11854/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-04-16T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Landslide Catalog Aids View From Space", "description": "Landslides are among the most common and dramatic natural hazards, reshaping landscapes -- and anything in their path. Tracking when and where landslides occur worldwide has historically been difficult, because of the lack of a centralized database across all nations. But NASA researchers have updated the first publicly available Global Landslide Catalog, based on media reports and online databases that bring together many sources of information on landslides that have occurred since 2007. The catalog, originally released in 2010, is still the only one of its kind.Around 6000 landslides are noted in the catalog. This wealth of data gives scientists a starting point to analyze where, how and why landslides are likely to occur. In particular, NASA researchers have begun to compare landslide occurrence with global rainfall data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission.The catalog is currently available at: http://ojo-streamer.herokuapp.com/.Research: Spatial and temporal analysis of a global landslide catalog.Journal: Geomorphology, March 21, 2015.Link to paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X15001579.Here is the YouTube video. || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 11855, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11855/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-04-16T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Instagram: Global Landslide Catalog Aids View From Space", "description": "Landslides are among the most common and dramatic natural hazards, reshaping landscapes -- and anything in their path. Tracking when and where landslides occur worldwide has historically been difficult, because of the lack of a centralized database across all nations. But NASA researchers have updated the first publicly available Global Landslide Catalog, based on media reports and online databases that bring together many sources of information on landslides that have occurred since 2007. The catalog, originally released in 2010, is still the only one of its kind.Around 6000 landslides are noted in the catalog. This wealth of data gives scientists a starting point to analyze where, how and why landslides are likely to occur. In particular, NASA researchers have begun to compare landslide occurrence with global rainfall data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission.The catalog is currently available at: https://landslides.nasa.gov/Research: Spatial and temporal analysis of a global landslide catalog.Journal: Geomorphology, March 21, 2015.Link to paper: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X15001579. || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 11789, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11789/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-02-26T13:45:00-05:00", "title": "Instagram: NASA's First Global Rainfall And Snowfall Map", "description": "Global Precipitation Measurement mission has produced its first global map of rainfall and snowfall.Like a lead violin tuning an orchestra, the GPM Core Observatory – launched one year ago on Feb. 27, 2014 as a collaboration between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency – acts as the standard to unify precipitation measurements from a network of 12 satellites. The result is NASA's Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM data product, called IMERG, which combines all of these data from 12 satellites into a single, seamless map.This first IMERG data set spans the initial months of GPM data collection from April to September, 2014. The precipitation data collected covers the 87 percent of the globe that falls between 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south latitude, updated every half hour.The map covers more of the globe than any previous NASA precipitation data set, allowing scientists to see how rain and snowstorms move around nearly the entire 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 the scientific community comprehensive and consistent measurements of precipitation. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 4081, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4081/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-05-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Greenhouse Warming Linked to Shifts in December, January, and February Rainfall", "description": "Global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought according to a NASA-led modeling study. The study shows for the first time how rising carbon dioxide concentrations could affect the entire range of rainfall types on Earth. Analysis of information from 14 climate models indicates wet regions of the world, such as the equatorial Pacific Ocean and the Asian monsoon regions, will likely see increases in heavy precipitation because of warming resulting from projected increases in carbon dioxide levels. Arid land areas outside the tropics and many regions with moderate rainfall could become drier. The models project for every 1 degree Fahrenheit of carbon dioxide-induced warming, heavy rainfall will increase globally by 3.9 percent and light rain will increase globally by 1 percent. However, total global rainfall is not projected to change much because moderate rainfall will decrease globally by 1.4 percent.This visualization displays areas with no rain (brown), moderate rain (tan), and heavy rain (blue). Very Heavy rainfall (cark blue) is defined as months that receive an average of 0.95 of an inch of rain per day (24 mm/day) every day for the months of June, July, and August. Heavy rainfall is defined as months that receive an average of more than about 0.35 of an inch per day (9 mm/day). Light rain is defined as months that receive an average of less than 0.01 of an inch per day. Moderate rainfall is defined as months that receive an average of between about 0.04 to 0.09 of an inch per day. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 4074, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4074/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-05-13T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Greenhouse Warming Linked to Shifts in June, July, and August Rainfall (AMS Version) with zoom to the United States", "description": "Global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought according to a NASA-led modeling study. The study shows for the first time how rising carbon dioxide concentrations could affect the entire range of rainfall types on Earth. Analysis of information from 14 climate models indicates wet regions of the world, such as the equatorial Pacific Ocean and the Asian monsoon regions, will likely see increases in heavy precipitation because of warming resulting from projected increases in carbon dioxide levels. Arid land areas outside the tropics and many regions with moderate rainfall could become drier. The models project for every 1 degree Fahrenheit of carbon dioxide-induced warming, heavy rainfall will increase globally by 3.9 percent and light rain will increase globally by 1 percent. However, total global rainfall is not projected to change much because moderate rainfall will decrease globally by 1.4 percent.This visualization displays areas with no rain (brown), moderate rain (tan), and heavy rain (blue). Very Heavy rainfall (cark blue) is defined as months that receive an average of 0.95 of an inch of rain per day (24 mm/day) every day for the months of June, July, and August. Heavy rainfall is defined as months that receive an average of more than about 0.35 of an inch per day (9 mm/day). Light rain is defined as months that receive an average of less than 0.01 of an inch per day. Moderate rainfall is defined as months that receive an average of between about 0.04 to 0.09 of an inch per day. || ", "hits": 56 }, { "id": 4044, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4044/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-02-27T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Distributed Water Balance of the Nile Basin", "description": "This visualization shows how satellite data and NASA models are being applied to study the hydrology of the Nile basin. The Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) Multisensor Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) provides three-hourly estimates of rainfall rate across much of the globe. Here we see the seasonal cycle of monthly precipitation derived from TMPA for Africa, including the Nile Basin. The annual migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) from the Nile Equatorial Lakes region around Lake Victoria, source of the White Nile, northward into Sudan and the highlands of Ethiopia, headwaters of the Blue Nile, and back is evident in the seasonal cycle in precipitation. This precipitation cycle drives flow through the Nile River system. The Nile basin, however, is intensely evaporative, and the majority of the water that falls as rain leaves the basin as evaporation rather than river flow—either from the humid headwaters regions or from large reservoirs and irrigation developments in Egypt and Sudan. The Atmosphere Land Exchange Inverse (ALEXI) evapotranspiration product, developed by USDA scientists, uses satellite data to map daily evapotranspiration across the entire Nile basin, providing unprecedented information on water consumption. The balance of rainfall and evapotranspiration can be seen in seasonal patterns of soil moisture, as simulated by the NASA Nile Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS), which merges satellite information with a physically-based land surface model to simulate variability in soil moisture—a critical variable for rainfed agriculture and natural ecosystems. Finally, the twin satellites of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) can be used to monitor variability in total water storage, including surface water, soil moisture, and groundwater. The annual cycle in GRACE estimates of water storage anomalies clearly shows the seasonal movement of water storage due to precipitation patterns and the movement of surface waters from headwaters regions into the wetlands of South Sudan and the reservoirs of the lower Nile basin.The Nile is the longest river in the world and its basin is shared by 11 countries. Reliable, spatially distributed estimates of hydrologic storage and fluxes can provide critical information for water managers contending with multiple resource demands, a variable and changing climate, and the risk of damaging floods and droughts. NASA observations and modeling systems offer unique capabilities to meet these information needs. || ", "hits": 82 }, { "id": 3852, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3852/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-09-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Irene", "description": "This visualization follows the development of Hurricane Irene as it moves up the East Coast of the United States in August of 2011. 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. The third version shows the rainfall accumulating as the storm moves.These visualizations were created to support presenstations at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) 2011. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3807, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3807/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-08-31T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Predicting Disease Outbreaks from Space", "description": "These visualizations were created for the May 18, 2012 Library of Congress Talk Predictiding Disease Outbreaks from Space. In this talk NASA scientist Assaf Anyamba, will present how using remote-sensing data we can see links among weather, diseases and famine.An early warning system more than a decade in development successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in East Africa and subsequent outbreaks in Sudan (2007) and South Africa (2008-2011). RVF is a deadly hemorrhagic disease transmitted by mosquitoes that infects livestock and human populations episodically. An international team of research scientists, public-health professionals, agricultural specialists and military personnel had worked for a decade to successfully predict when and where an outbreak of RVF would occur. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 3671, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3671/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-01-14T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Amazon Basin Monthly GRACE Data", "description": "This visualization displays monthly GRACE data in the Amazon basin. GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) measures mass distribution and in this instance is used to demonstrate water storage and movement in the basin. Warmer colors like red and yellow reveal areas with greater mass, or more water, while cooler colors like blue and green indicate areas with lesser mass, or less water. || ", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 10393, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10393/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Soot and Sulfate Still Images and Video of Tractor Soot Particle", "description": "Aerosols are complex particles; they can occur in nature but can also be generated by humans. Black carbon, or soot, is generated from industrial pollution, traffic, outdoor fires, and household burning of coal and biomass fuels. Soot is a product of incomplete combustion, especially of coal, diesel fuels, biofuels and outdoor biomass burning. When soot absorbs sunlight, it heats the surrounding air and reduces the amount of sunlight reaching the ground. The heated air makes the atmosphere less stable, creating rising air (convection) which forms clouds and brings rainfall to regions that are heavily polluted. Still image courtesy of Peter Buseck, Arizona State University. Video courtesy of Chere Petty, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; NSF grant DBI-0722569. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 10289, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10289/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-07-18T02:00:00-04:00", "title": "Rain Rain Go Away Come Again on a Work Day?", "description": "During the scorching summer months an afternoon rainstorm can be a common and refreshing sight. But for residents in the southeastern United States, a recent NASA study has found, these storms are more intense during the work week than on the weekends. This trend, scientists belive, is driven by pollution that also increases during the work week, from sources like businesses, traffic and factories. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 3239, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3239/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Katrina Rain Accumulation (WMS)", "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. || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 3268, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3268/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Rita Rain Accumulation", "description": "This animation shows rain accumulation from Hurricane Rita from September 18 through 25, 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. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3290, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3290/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Wilma Rain Accumulation", "description": "This animation shows rain accumulation from Hurricane Wilma from October 15 through 25, 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. || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 3221, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3221/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-08T00:00:00-04:00", "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. || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 3131, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3131/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-03-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel 2003 Rain Accumulation", "description": "This animation shows rain accumulation from Hurricane Isabel from September 6 through 20, 2003 based on data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis. The accumulation is shown in colors ranging from green (less than 50 mm of rain) through red (200 mm or more). The TRMM satellite, using the world's only spaceborne rain radar and other microwave instruments, measures rainfall over the ocean. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 3023, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3023/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) Sees the Power of Hurricane Jeanne on September 25, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Jeanne. TRMM saw this view of Hurricane Jeanne on September 25, 2004, just before it made landfall. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 3025, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3025/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) view of Hurricane Jeanne on September 27, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Jeanne. TRMM saw this view of Hurricane Jeanne on September 27, 2004, just before it made landfall. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 3022, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3022/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-29T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne Bring Record Rainfall", "description": "This animation shows the daily rain accumulation between September 2 and 28, 2004. Areas of red show where at least 3 inches of accumulated rain were recorded. Areas of yellow show 1 inch of accumulated rain. The green path represents the track of Hurricane Frances from August 25, 2004 to September 9, 2004. The red line represents the track of Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004 to September 23, 2004. Purple is Hurricane Jeanne from September 13, 2004 to September 28, 2004. || triplePusha.1100.jpg (720x486) [69.9 KB] || rain_accumulation_640x480_pre.jpg (320x240) [11.1 KB] || rain_accumulation_320x240_pre.jpg (320x240) [11.4 KB] || rain_accumulation_640x480.webmhd.webm (960x540) [998.6 KB] || 720x486_4x3_29.97p (720x486) [16.0 KB] || rain_accumulation_640x480.mpg (640x480) [3.8 MB] || rain_accumulation_320x240.mpg (320x240) [1010.3 KB] || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 3016, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3016/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Precipiation Radar Observes Rain Structure of Hurricane Jeanne on September 23, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Jeanne. TRMM recorded this view of Hurricane Jeanne on September 23, 2004. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the rain structure is seen by TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 3014, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3014/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-20T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ivan Rain Accumulation September 2-19, 2004 (Close View)", "description": "This animation shows rain accumulation between Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan. The green path is the path Hurricane Frances took between August 25, 2004, and September 9, 2004. The red path is Hurricane Ivan from September 2, 2004, to September 19, 2004. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 3008, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3008/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-14T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure on September 13, 2004", "description": "Zooms down to Hurricane Ivan on September 13, 2004. It looks underneath of the storms clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. || ivan09_13_meltNEW.0010.jpg (720x486) [77.6 KB] || a003008_640x480_pre.jpg (320x240) [13.8 KB] || a003008_320x240_pre.jpg (320x240) [14.1 KB] || a003008_640x480.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.4 MB] || 720x486_4x3_29.97p (720x486) [64.0 KB] || a003008_640x480.mpg (640x480) [10.7 MB] || a003008_320x240.mpg (320x240) [2.8 MB] || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 20026, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20026/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2004-02-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Dust, Fire, Soot Inhibits Rainfall", "description": "Three Contributing Factors for Rainfall Inhibition - Dust is only one of three types of aerosols which can inhibit rainfall. Previous studies have shown that aerosols from biomass burning (i.e. burning of plant material such as forests, grasslands, and agricultural waste) and aerosols from man-made pollution also contribute to disturbing the rainfall process. This animation highlights the power of these three factors vs. the normal conditions of the rainfallprocess. In this virtual world, a dust storm rises from arid conditions. Biomass burning sends smoke and an industrial complex adds pollutants into clouds and the atmosphere, thus preventing any rainfall. The cloud on the left shows rainfall production in normal conditions. || ", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 20010, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20010/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-12-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Particulates Effect on Rainfall", "description": "Normal rainfall droplet creation involves water vapor condensing on particles in clouds. The droplets eventually coalesce together to form drops large enough to fall to Earth. However, as more and more pollution particles (aerosols) enter a rain cloud, the same amount of water becomes spread out. These smaller water droplets float with the air and are prevented from coalescing and growing large enough for a raindrop. Thus, the cloud yields less rainfall over the course of its liftime compared to a clean (non-polluted) cloud of the same size. The split screen compares a normal rain producing cloud (left) with the lack of rain produced from a cloud full of aerosols from pollution. || ", "hits": 221 }, { "id": 20011, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20011/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-12-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Pollution Reduces Winter Precipitation", "description": "In winter, moist air flows off the ocean and rises over the hills downwind of a coastal city, dropping its rain and snow mainly as it ascends the hills. As pollution from the city is pushed into the clouds by the hills downwind of the city, it interferes with droplet formation in the clouds as observed by NASA's satellites. The smaller cloud droplets convert more slowly into precipitation. Instead of precipitating, much of the water in the clouds evaporates, reducing the net rainfall downwind of the urban area by up to 15% to 25% on a seasonal basis. First is the unpolluted case. || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 20012, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20012/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-12-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Pollution Increases Summer Precipitation", "description": "In summer, weaker winds move the clouds more slowly. Heat absorbed by the city and pollution's interference with raindrop formation interact to cause the clouds to intensify before producing precipitation. The onset of rainfall from a cloud leads eventually to its demise by cooling off the air near the ground. the air pollution delays the onset of precipitation, so that the intense storm clouds can build higher and larger before they start precipitating and subsequently dissipating. Therefore, these larger and more intense thunderstorm clouds produce eventually heavier rainfall on the city and the downwind areas. First is the unpolluted, then the polluted case. || ", "hits": 79 }, { "id": 20013, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20013/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-12-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Urban Rainfall Effect on Coastal Cities", "description": "Cities tend to be 1-10 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than surrounding areas. The added heat destabilizes and changes air circulation around cities. During the warmer months, the added heat creates wind circulations and rising air that produces new clouds enhances existing ones. Under the right conditions, these clouds evolve into rain-producers or storms. Scientists suspect that converging air due to city surfaces of varying heights, like buildings, also promotes rising air needed to produce clouds and rainfall. || ", "hits": 51 }, { "id": 20003, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20003/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2003-11-05T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Soot Effects Rainfall", "description": "Heating Up the Atmosphere (Animation) - When soot absorbs sunlight, it heats the air and reduces the amount of sunlight reaching the ground, cooling the Earth's surface. The heated air makes the atmosphere unstable, creating rising air (convection) that forms clouds and brings rainfall to regions that are heavily polluted.The increase of rising air is balanced by an increase in sinking air (subsidence) and drying. When air sinks, clouds and thus rain, cannot form creating dry conditions. Soot or black carbon is the product of low temperature burning. It is generated from industrial pollution, traffic, outdoor fires and household burning of coal and biomass fuels. || ", "hits": 43 }, { "id": 2465, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2465/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-06-18T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Urban Modifications of Rainfall, Texas", "description": "Using the world's first space-based rain radar aboard NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, NASA scientists found that mean monthly rainfall rates within 30-60 kilometers (18 to 36 miles) downwind of some cities were, on average, about 28 percent greater than the upwind region. In some cities, the downwind area exhibited increases as high as 51 percent. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 2466, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2466/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-06-18T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Urban Modifications of Rainfall, Alabama and Georgia", "description": "Using the world's first space-based rain radar aboard NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, NASA scientists found that mean monthly rainfall rates within 30-60 kilometers (18 to 36 miles) downwind of some cities were, on average, about 28 percent greater than the upwind region. In some cities, the downwind area exhibited increases as high as 51 percent. || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 2467, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2467/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-06-18T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Urban Modifications of Rainfall, Georgia", "description": "Using the world's first space-based rain radar aboard NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, NASA scientists found that mean monthly rainfall rates within 30-60 kilometers (18 to 36 miles) downwind of some cities were, on average, about 28 percent greater than the upwind region. In some cities, the downwind area exhibited increases as high as 51 percent. || ", "hits": 5 }, { "id": 2261, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2261/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2001-09-07T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Twenty Year Rainmap", "description": "This is a monthly global rainmap from January, 1979 to January, 2001. The movie correlates 22 years of data from a combination of remote sensing data and ground based sources. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 2020, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2020/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-12-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "TRMM Rainmap Anomalies: Whole Earth Views From the TRMM Mission", "description": "Global rainmaps derived from nearly three years of TRMM operations. || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 2021, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2021/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-12-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "TRMM Rainmap Anomalies: El Niño/La Niña", "description": "Rainmaps derived from nearly three years of TRMM operations. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 2022, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2022/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-12-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "TRMM Rainmap Anomalies: Hurricane Floyd Meets North Carolina", "description": "Rainmaps derived from nearly three years of TRMM operations. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 2023, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2023/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-12-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "TRMM Rainmap Anomalies: Hurricane Mitch and Honduras", "description": "Rainmaps derived from nearly three years of TRMM operations. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 2024, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2024/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-12-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "TRMM Rainmap Anomalies: Flooding in Mozambique", "description": "Rainmaps derived from nearly three years of TRMM operations. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 1027, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1027/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-01-10T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Predicted vs. Observed Daily Rainfall from TRMM: September 1999 (with Dates and Slower)", "description": "A comparison of daily precipitation observed by TRMM for September, 1999, with rainfall from a new forecast technique || a001027.00005_print.png (720x480) [447.5 KB] || a001027_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || a001027_pre.jpg (320x242) [10.3 KB] || a001027_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [66.6 KB] || a001027.webmhd.webm (960x540) [1.5 MB] || a001027.dv (720x480) [35.4 MB] || a001027.mp4 (640x480) [1.9 MB] || a001027.mpg (352x240) [2.2 MB] || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 1028, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1028/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-01-10T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Predicted vs. Observed Daily Rainfall from TRMM: September, 1999 (with Dates)", "description": "A comparison of daily precipitation observed by TRMM for September, 1999, with rainfall from a new forecast technique || a001028.00005_print.png (720x480) [444.3 KB] || a001028_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || a001028_pre.jpg (320x242) [10.3 KB] || a001028_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [67.0 KB] || a001028.webmhd.webm (960x540) [1.2 MB] || a001028.dv (720x480) [26.8 MB] || a001028.mp4 (640x480) [1.5 MB] || a001028.mpg (352x240) [1.4 MB] || ", "hits": 3 }, { "id": 1029, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1029/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-01-10T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Predicted vs. Observed Daily Rainfall from TRMM: September, 1999 (without Dates)", "description": "A comparison of daily precipitation observed by TRMM for September, 1999, with rainfall from a new forecast technique || a001029.00005_print.png (720x480) [446.7 KB] || a001029_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || a001029_pre.jpg (320x218) [17.7 KB] || a001029_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [82.5 KB] || a001029.webmhd.webm (960x540) [1.8 MB] || a001029.dv (720x480) [46.5 MB] || a001029.mp4 (640x480) [2.3 MB] || a001029.mpg (352x240) [2.0 MB] || ", "hits": 10 }, { "id": 1030, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1030/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-01-10T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Predicted vs. Observed Daily Rainfall from TRMM: September, 1999 (without Dates and Slower)", "description": "A comparison of daily precipitation observed by TRMM for September, 1999, with rainfall from a new forecast technique || a001030.00005_print.png (720x480) [445.4 KB] || a001030_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || a001030_pre.jpg (320x242) [10.1 KB] || a001030_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [65.1 KB] || a001030.webmhd.webm (960x540) [2.7 MB] || a001030.dv (720x480) [80.3 MB] || a001030.mp4 (640x480) [4.2 MB] || a001030.mpg (352x240) [3.0 MB] || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 763, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/763/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1999-09-15T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Maryland Drought: Side-by-side Comparison of Liberty Reservoir in 1997 and 1999 (With Dates)", "description": "This is a side-by-side image of Maryland's Liberty Reservoir. The image on the left is a Landsat image from July 1997. The image on the right is also a Landsat image, but it was taken in July of 1999 after two consecutive years of drought. || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 749, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/749/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1999-09-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Biomass Burning: Hot Spots on March 1, 1998", "description": "Hot spots from biomass burning indicated on a topographic map of Borneo || still_fire.jpg (720x486) [33.2 KB] || still_fire_web.jpg (320x216) [4.8 KB] || still_fire_thm.png (80x40) [3.6 KB] || still_fire_web_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [38.5 KB] || still_fire.tif (720x486) [421.2 KB] || Slate indicating hot spot color for biomass burning as red. Video slate image reads, \"TRMM Biomass BurningHot SpotsMarch 1, 1998\". || colorbar.jpg (320x238) [6.4 KB] || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 750, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/750/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1999-09-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Biomass Burning: Water Droplet Size March 1, 1998", "description": "Water droplet size for precipitation over Borneo on March 1, 1998 || hires_drops.jpg (2560x1920) [278.8 KB] || hires_drops_web.jpg (320x240) [9.2 KB] || hires_drops_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || hires_drops_web_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [55.0 KB] || hires_drops.tif (2560x1920) [2.1 MB] || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 751, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/751/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1999-09-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Biomass Burning: Water Droplet Size and Precipitation March 1, 1998", "description": "Water droplet size correlated with precipitation over northern Borneo on March 1, 1998 || hires_drops_precip.jpg (2560x1920) [283.5 KB] || hires_drops_precip_web.jpg (320x240) [9.6 KB] || hires_drops_precip_thm.png (80x40) [6.2 KB] || hires_drops_precip_web_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [55.8 KB] || hires_drops_precip.tif (2560x1920) [2.1 MB] || ", "hits": 8 }, { "id": 309, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/309/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1998-12-07T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Global Rainfall Anomalies from TRMM: January, 1997, through February, 1998 (Version 1)", "description": "The term 'rainfall anomalies' means the differences in rainfall from a normal year. || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 310, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/310/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1998-12-07T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "North American Rainfall Anomalies: January 1997 through February 1998", "description": "Monthly average precipitation anomalies over North America as measured by TRMM for January 1997 through February 1998 || a000310.00010_print.png (720x480) [588.4 KB] || a000310_thm.png (80x40) [5.8 KB] || a000310_pre.jpg (320x238) [12.0 KB] || a000310_pre_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [65.8 KB] || a000310.webmhd.webm (960x540) [7.3 MB] || a000310.dv (720x480) [111.2 MB] || a000310.mp4 (640x480) [6.3 MB] || a000310.mpg (352x240) [3.9 MB] || ", "hits": 32 }, { "id": 311, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/311/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1998-12-07T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Global Rainfall Anomalies from TRMM: January, 1997, through February, 1998 (Version 2)", "description": "The term 'rainfall anomalies' means the differences in rainfall from a normal year. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 315, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/315/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1998-12-07T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "TRMM Rainmap for September 1998: Zoom to Rotating Globe", "description": "A zoom to a rotating globe showing the monthly average rainfall for September 1998 as measured by TRMM. 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