{ "count": 109, "next": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/search/?limit=100&offset=100&people=Jeff+Halverson", "previous": null, "results": [ { "id": 10829, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10829/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00", "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. || ", "hits": 62 }, { "id": 3779, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3779/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Danielle's Hot Towers August 27,2010 Stereoscopic Version", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft allows us to look under Hurricane Danielle's clouds to see the rain structure on August 27, 2005 at 06:46 UTC or 2:46 EDT. At this time, Hurricane Danielle was a powerful Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale with sustained winds of 115 knots (132 mph). An area of deep convective towers (shown in red) is prominently visible in the center of the storm. These tall towers are the key to Danielle's intensification. They are associated with the strong thunderstorms responsible for the areas of intense rain. These storms within a storm are releasing vast amounts of heat into the core of Danielle. This heating, known as latent heating, is what is driving the storm's circulation and intensification. This animation shows infrared data from TRMM's Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS) sensor above a thinner swath from TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). TRMM reveals that Danielle now has a well-formed eye surrounded by sharply curved rainbands—all signs of mature storm with an intense circulation. TRMM also reveals that there are very powerful thunderstorms in Danielle's eye wall dropping extreme amounts of rain. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 10680, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10680/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-10-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Professional Development Presentation - Hurricanes", "description": "In 2006, Hurricane scientist Dr. Jeff Halverson, and NASA Education specialist, John Leck, provided a full day professional development workshop for teachers in the Philadelpia region. Halverson and Leck explored the science behind hurricanes with these educators, along with the many educational resources available to accompany this field of Earth Science. || ", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 10664, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10664/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-28T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Earth Science Week 2010 - Exploring Energy", "description": "\"Exploring Energy\" is the theme of this year's Earth Science Week, Oct. 10-16. The American Geological Institute hosts Earth Science Week annually in cooperation with various sponsors to engage people in Earth science and encourage stewardship of Earth. NASA develops, deploys and manages an array of satellites that monitor and measure energy as it flows into, through and out of the Earth system. During Earth Science Week, a series of short videos will be posted to NASA's Earth Science Week website. Aimed at educators, the videos will present activities for different grade levels that highlight how NASA explores Earth's energy, such as the energy that fuels hurricanes.For archived Earth Science Week material, please visit the Earth Science Educator Resource Gallery.For additional multimedia resources, please check out the Energy Essentials Gallery. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 10655, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10655/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Hurricane Hunters", "description": "During the 2010 hurricane season, NASA deployed its piloted DC-8 and WB-57, and unmanned Global Hawk aircraft in a massive effort to collect as much data as possible, arming hurricane researchers with the information needed to predict the growth and intensification of hurricanes. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 3759, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3759/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Danielle's Hot Towers", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft allows us to look under Hurricane Danielle's clouds to see the rain structure on August 27, 2005 at 06:46 UTC or 2:46 EDT. At this time, Hurricane Danielle was a powerful Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale with sustained winds of 115 knots (132 mph). An area of deep convective towers (shown in red) is prominently visible in the center of the storm. These tall towers are the key to Danielle's intensification. They are associated with the strong thunderstorms responsible for the areas of intense rain seen in the previous image. These storms within a storm are releasing vast amounts of heat into the core of Danielle. This heating, known as latent heating, is what is driving the storm's circulation and intensification. This animation shows infrared data from TRMM's Visible Infrared Scanner (VIRS) sensor above a thinner swath from TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR). TRMM reveals that Danielle now has a well-formed eye surrounded by sharply curved rainbands—all signs of mature storm with an intense circulation. TRMM also reveals that there are very powerful thunderstorms in Danielle's eye wall dropping extreme amounts of rain. || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 10639, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10639/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Q&A with NASA Hurricane Expert", "description": "NASA's Hurricane expert Dr. Jeff Halverson explains how NASA's GRIP mission is keeping a close eye on Hurricane Earl and other storms over the Atlantic. Scientists use data collected from NASA's DC-8, Global Hawk and WB-57 aircraft to study the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Process that hurricanes undergo as they become major storms. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 10637, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10637/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-01T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "GRIP Video File", "description": "The GRIP 2010 hurricane mission is in full force. During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, researchers will be able to \"see\" below the cloud-tops and uncover what is happening in the internal structure of the storm through the use of powerful instruments onboard the DC-8, WB-57, and Global Hawk aircraft. This will allow scientists to better understand what is required to kick-start a tropical depression into a hurricane. The NASA aircraft will be deployed from Florida (DC-8), Texas (WB-57) and California (Global Hawk) and will fly at varying altitudes over tropical storms in an attempt to capture them at different stages of development.For complete transcript, click here. || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv.01352_print.jpg (1024x576) [103.6 KB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv_web.png (320x180) [258.1 KB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv_thm.png (80x40) [16.7 KB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv.m4v (960x540) [218.4 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [7.9 GB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER.wmv (1280x720) [191.6 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [238.1 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [63.4 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [75.2 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_portal.mov (640x360) [161.9 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_nasacast.mp4 (320x240) [34.8 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_SVS.mpg (512x288) [70.2 MB] || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 3745, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3745/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-07-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Katrina 3D Stereoscopic Viewfinder Image", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005. At the time the data was collected, Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane, the most destructive and deadly. The cloud cover data was taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS), with additional data from the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure data was taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). This view looks underneath the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. This stereoscopic still image was created from a previous visualization and is intended for viewing through a special NASA Earth Science Viewfinder available through NASA Headquarters. Below, we include an anaglyph version, a printable viewfinder version, and the individual left eye and right eye views. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 10504, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10504/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-10-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Salt of the Earth", "description": "Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity changes can create ocean circulation changes that, in turn, may impact regional and global climates. The extent to which salinity impacts our global ocean circulation is still relatively unknown, but NASA's new Aquarius mission will help advance that understanding by painting a global picture of our planet's salty waters.For complete transcript, click here. || Salt_of_the_Earth_640x480.00519_print.jpg (1024x576) [66.1 KB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_640x480_web.png (320x180) [106.1 KB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_640x480_thm.png (80x40) [12.6 KB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_appletv_1280x720.webmhd.webm (960x540) [65.9 MB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_H264_1280x720_30fps.mov (1280x720) [150.0 MB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_appletv_1280x720.m4v (960x540) [166.5 MB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_1280x720.mp4 (1280x720) [99.9 MB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_broll_prores.mov (1280x720) [4.7 GB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_Youtube_1280x720.mov (1280x720) [72.2 MB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_640x480.m4v (640x360) [55.1 MB] || GSFC_20091012_Aquarius_m10504_Salt.en_US.srt [6.0 KB] || GSFC_20091012_Aquarius_m10504_Salt.en_US.vtt [6.1 KB] || Salt_of_the_Earth_ipod_320x240.m4v (320x180) [23.1 MB] || Salt_of_the_Earth.wmv (346x260) [35.0 MB] || ", "hits": 310 }, { "id": 3397, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3397/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-01-14T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "2008 Sea Surface Surface Temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico", "description": "Sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico rise due to natural summer warming. These warm surface temperatures are a contributing factor to favorable conditions that can lead to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Eastern Shore of the United States. In general, hurricanes tend to form over warm ocean water whose temperature is 82 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 27.7 degrees Celsius) or higher. These areas are depicted in yellow, orange, and red. This data was taken by the AMSR-E instrument aboard the Aqua satellite. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3532, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3532/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-09-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Current Sea Surface Temperatures Rising in the Gulf of Mexico", "description": "Sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico rise due to natural summer warming. These warm surface temperatures are a contributing factor to favorable conditions that can lead to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and off the East Coast of the United States. In general, hurricanes tend to form over warm ocean water whose temperature is 82 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 27.7 degrees Celsius) or higher. These areas are depicted in yellow, orange, and red. This blended microwave- and infrared-wavelength data was taken by the AMSR-E and MODIS instruments aboard the Aqua satellite, and the TMI instrument aboard the TRMM satellite. This animation updates every 24 hours. || ", "hits": 92 }, { "id": 10191, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10191/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-03-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Destination Earth", "description": "NASA may be famous for exploring the far reaches of the universe and strange new worlds, but it could be that the most important planet NASA studies is our own. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 3390, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3390/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2007-03-17T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "AMSR-E Sea Surface Temperature", "description": "This animation is part of an NSF-funded, international project, Exploring Time. The two-hour television special, broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the spring of 2007, explores how the world changes over different timescales ... from billionths of seconds to billions of years. This animation portrays a 3-day moving average of AMSR-E sea surface temperature (SST) over the western hemisphere from the beginning of 2005 to early December, 2006. In addition, seasonal MODIS land cover shows the advance and retreat of snow over the northern hemisphere.This program was also broadcast in Japan through a partnership with the NHK international broadcasting service and in France through a partnership with the ARTE television network. || ", "hits": 57 }, { "id": 3376, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3376/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-10-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Current Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures", "description": "Current sea surface temperature (SST) and SST anomaly data. || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 3357, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3357/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-06-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "2006 Sea Surface Temperatures Rising in the Gulf of Mexico", "description": "Sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico rise due to natural summer warming. These warm surface temperatures are a contributing factor to favorable conditions that can lead to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Eastern Shore of the United States. In general, hurricanes tend to form over warm ocean water whose temperature is 82 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 27.7 degrees Celsius) or higher. These areas are depicted in yellow, orange, and red. This data was taken by the AMSR-E instrument aboard the Aqua satellite.This animation depicts the 2006 seasonal changes. || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 3489, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3489/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-06-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "2007 Sea Surface Temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico", "description": "Sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico rise due to natural summer warming. These warm surface temperatures are a contributing factor to favorable conditions that can lead to the formation of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and off the Eastern Shore of the United States. In general, hurricanes tend to form over warm ocean water whose temperature is 82 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 27.7 degrees Celsius) or higher. These areas are depicted in yellow, orange, and red. This data was taken by the AMSR-E instrument aboard the Aqua satellite. || ", "hits": 33 }, { "id": 3354, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3354/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-05-31T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta", "description": "Many records were broken during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season including the most hurricanes ever, the most category 5 hurricanes, and the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic as measured by atmospheric pressure. This visualization shows all 27 named storms that formed in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and examines some of the conditions that made hurricane formation so favorable.The animation begins by showing the regions of warm water that are favorable for storm development advancing northward through the peak of hurricane season and then receding as the waters cool. The thermal energy in these warm waters powers the hurricanes. Strong shearing winds in the troposphere can disrupt developing young storms, but measurements indicate that there was very little shearing wind activity in 2005 to impede storm formation.Sea surface temperatures, clouds, storm tracks, and hurricane category labels are shown as the hurricane season progresses.This visualization shows some of the actual data that NASA and NOAA satellites measured in 2005 — data used to predict the paths and intensities of hurricanes. Satellite data play a vital role in helping us understand the land, ocean, and atmosphere systems that have such dramatic effects on our lives.NOTE: This animation shows the named storms from the 2005 hurricane season. During a re-analysis of 2005, NOAA's Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center determined that a short-lived subtropcial storm developed near the Azores Islands in late September, increasing the 2005 tropical storm count from 27 to 28. This storm was not named and is not shown in this animation.'27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta' played in the SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival in August 2007. It was also a finalist in the 2006 NSF Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 3306, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3306/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-04-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "2005 Hurricanes: Clouds and Sea Surface Temperature", "description": "This visualization shows sea surface temperatures during most of the 2005 hurricane season. Overlaid are infrared cloud data, storm track data, and storm name labels. Warm ocean waters provide the heat energy that fuels hurricanes. Notice the correspondence between the storm tracks and the sea surface temperature response; this is particulary noticeable for hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and Katrina, where the hurricanes churn up the ocean so that cooler water rises to the surface. This version shows the entire Atlantic hurricane region and depicts all of the 2005 hurricanes except Zeta, which appeared at the very end of the year. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3349, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3349/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-04-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Satellite and TMI Swath", "description": "The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was launched on November 27, 1997, as a joint mission of NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA. TRMM has five Earth-observing instruments on board and circles the Earth every 92 minutes in an equatorial orbit between 35 degrees north and south latitude so that those instruments can measure precipitation in the tropics. One of the instruments, TMI, observes five frequencies of microwave emissions in a 780-kilometer wide swath along the orbit in order to measure the amount of rain and ice in the atmosphere. This animation shows the TRMM satellite orbiting for one day, August 27, 2005, showing a set of TRMM measurements at a frequency of 85.5 GHz. In this frequency band, atmospheric ice crystals scatter microwaves and so areas with ice crystals appear colder than areas with no ice. Both Hurricane Katrina, just to the west of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico, and Typhoon Talim, in the westerm Pacific between Japan and New Guinea, show up as bright swirling patterns. This measurement is just one of the TMI measurements that go into calculating the total instantaneous rainfall in the tropics. || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 3347, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3347/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2006-03-24T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Tropical Cyclone Larry on March 19, 2006", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Tropical Cyclone Larry on March 19, 2006 at 1812Z. At this time the storm was classified as a dangerous category four with sustained winds of 100 knots (115 mph) and a pressure reading of 944mb. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM 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": 28 }, { "id": 3302, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3302/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-11-05T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Hurricane Wilma MODIS Progression", "description": "A progression of Hurricane Wilma from 10/19/05 to 10/25/05 using Aqua/MODIS, Terra/MODIS and NOAA/GOES data. Hurricane Wilma followed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita through the Gulf of Mexico. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 3282, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3282/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Wilma — SSTs and Clouds", "description": "This visualization shows sea surface temperatures and clouds for Hurricane Wilma. The data is from October 15 through 20, 2005. The colors on the ocean represent the sea surface temperatures, and satellite images of the hurricane clouds are laid over the temperatures to clearly show the hurricane positions. Orange and red depict regions that are 82 degrees F and higher, where the ocean is warm enough for hurricanes to form. Hurricane winds are sustained by the heat energy of the ocean, so the ocean is cooled as the hurricane passes and the energy is extracted to power the winds. The sea surface temperatures are 3-day moving averages based on the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite, while the cloud images were taken by the Imager on the GOES-12 satellite. || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 3280, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3280/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Wilma from TRMM: October 17, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Wilma on October 17, 2005 at 1754Z. At this time the storm was classified as a Tropical Storm with a minimum pressure of 997 mb, and sustained winds of 45 knots. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM 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": 3281, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3281/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Wilma's Hot Towers seen by TRMM 10/17/2005 at 1754Z", "description": "On October 17, 2005 at 1754 Zulu, Wilma was classified as a Tropical Storm with sustained wind speeds of only 45 knots. Forty hours later the storm had increased its intensity to category five status with sustained winds of 150 knots. 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. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 3283, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3283/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Observes Hurricane Wilma on October 19, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Wilma on October 19, 2005 at 1740Z. At this time the storm was classified as the most dangerous category five. Wilma had record low minimum pressure readings of 893 mb and sustained winds of 140 knots (161 mph). The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM 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": 26 }, { "id": 3284, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3284/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA's TRMM Satellite Captures Hurricane Wilma Data on October 20, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Wilma on October 20, 2005 at 0152Z. At this time the storm was classified as the most dangerous category five. Wilma had record low minimum pressure readings of 892 mb and sustained winds of 140 knots. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM 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": 13 }, { "id": 3288, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3288/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Wilma on October 20, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Wilma on October 20, 2005 at 1645Z. At this time the storm was classified as a dangerous category four with sustained winds of 125 knots (138 mph). The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM 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": 17 }, { "id": 3289, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3289/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-19T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM captures Hot Towers Igniting Hurricane Wilma's Heat Engine", "description": "On October 17, 2005 at 0302 Zulu (11:02 EDT on October 16, 2005), Wilma was classified as a Tropical Storm with sustained wind speeds of only 30 knots (34 mph) and pressure reading of 1001 mb. Forty-Eight hours later the storm had increased its intensity to category five status with sustained winds of 150 knots (172 mph). The tall towers (in red) near the center of the circulation often indicate further strengthening. 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. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 3279, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3279/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Named Storms from the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season (Wide Shot)", "description": "An updated version of this visualization is available. Please see animation identification number 3354.This visualization shows sea surface temperatures during most of the 2005 hurricane season. Overlaid are infrared cloud data, storm track data, and storm name labels. Ocean temperatures are the fuel that drive hurricanes. Notice the correspondence between the storm tracks and the sea surface temperature response; this is particulary noticeable for hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and Katrina. This versions shows a wide view of the Gulf of Mexico and Western Atlantic Ocean.This visualization includes all of the named storms from Arlene though Wilma; however, Vince is not within the camera's view since it was in the Portugal/Spain region. Wilma tied the record for the most named Atlantic tropical storms in recorded history; and, the list of seleced names for this season is exhausted. Other storms that have formed after Wilma, have been named after the Greek alphabet. || ", "hits": 205 }, { "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": 43 }, { "id": 3240, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3240/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Katrina Sea Surface Temperature (WMS)", "description": "This visualization shows the cold water trail left by Hurricane Katrina. The data is from August 23 through 30, 2005. The colors on the ocean represent the sea surface temperatures, and satellite images of the hurricane clouds are laid over the temperatures to clearly show the hurricane positions. Orange and red depict regions that are 82 degrees F and higher, where the ocean is warm enough for hurricanes to form. Hurricane winds are sustained by the heat energy of the ocean, so the ocean is cooled as the hurricane passes and the energy is extracted to power the winds. The sea surface temperatures are 3-day moving averages based on the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite, while the cloud images were taken by the Imager on the GOES-12 satellite. || ", "hits": 43 }, { "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": 28 }, { "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": 28 }, { "id": 3263, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3263/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Rita from TRMM: September 23, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Rita on September 23, 2005 at 0852Z. At this time the storm was a category 4 hurricane with a minimum pressure of 924 mb, and sustained winds of 120 knots. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 16 }, { "id": 3262, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3262/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Rita from TRMM: September 22, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Rita on September 22, 2005 at 0810Z. At this time the storm was the most destructive category 5 hurricane with a minimum pressure of 898mb, sustained winds of 150 knots, and a 15 nautical mile eye diameter. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 25 }, { "id": 3258, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3258/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Rita from TRMM: September 20, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used to understand Hurricane Rita. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Rita just before the storm made landfall on September 20, 2005. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 17 }, { "id": 3259, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3259/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Rita's Hot Towers", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft allows us to look under Hurricane Rita's clouds to see the rain structure on September 19, 2005 at 15Z. 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. At the time the data was taken, this storm was classified as a Tropical Storm with winds off 55 knots and a pressure of 994mb. The existence of these 18 km towers in the eye wall alerted researchers that this storm was going to rapidly intensify. Within 48 hours of this data set, the storm was a very strong category 4 hurricane. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 3260, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3260/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Rita from TRMM: September 21, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used to understand Hurricane Rita. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Rita on September 21, 2005 at 0909Z. At this time the storm was a category 3 hurricane with a minimum pressure of 956mb, sustained winds of 105 knots, and a 25 nautical mile eye diameter. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 26 }, { "id": 3252, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3252/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Anatomy of Hurricane Isabel", "description": "This visualization shows several data sets from Hurricane Isabel. Sea surface temperature (SST) as seen by Aqua/AMSR-E is represented by the colors in the ocean. Red and yellow are waters above 82 degrees Fahrenheit which is favorable for hurricane formation. Sea surface winds as seen by QuikSCAT are represented by the arrows over the SSTs. Internal rain structure as seen by TRMM/PR is represented by the semi-transparent surfaces close to the ocean surface. Isabel's wam hurricane core as seen by GOES/AMSU is represented by the ellipsoid shapes above the rain structure. This visualizaiton was intended as a proof of concept; but has been released due to its popularity. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3253, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3253/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-15T12:00:00-04:00", "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. || ", "hits": 77 }, { "id": 3219, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3219/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-14T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Katrina from TRMM: August 29, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used to understand Hurricane Katrina. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Katrina just before the storm made landfall on August 29, 2005. Katrina remains an extremely large and dangerous hurricane. Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 105 miles from the storm's center. Coastal storm surge flooding of 18 to 22 feet above normal tide levels are expected. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 44 }, { "id": 3244, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3244/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-12T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ophelia from TRMM: September 11, 2005 1648 Zulu", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Ophelia on September 11, 2005. At the time the data was taken, the hurricane was a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 70 KT. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 3245, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3245/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-12T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ophelia from TRMM: September 11, 2005 1826 Zulu", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Ophelia on September 11, 2005 at 1826 Zulu. At the time the data was taken, the hurricane was a Category 1 hurricane located 250 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina and about 255 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The storm had sustained winds of 75 mph. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 3225, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3225/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Surface Temperature from June 1, 2005 to August 29, 2005", "description": "This visualization shows the sea surface temperatures for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season from June 1, 2005 through August 29, 2005. The ocean colors represent the sea surface temperatures. Orange and red depict regions that are 82 degrees F and higher, where the ocean is warm enough for hurricanes to form. Hurricane winds are sustained by the heat energy of the ocean, so the ocean is cooled as the hurricane passes and the energy is extracted to power the winds. The sea surface temperatures were measured by the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite. Several hurricane color water trails can be seen through this animation - particulary hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and Katrina. || ", "hits": 167 }, { "id": 3226, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3226/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Surface Temperature, Clouds, and Tropical Depression/Storm/Hurricane Tracks from June 1, 2005 to August 29, 2005", "description": "This visualization shows sea surface temperatures during the early part of the 2005 hurricane season. Overlaid are infrared cloud data and storm track data. Ocean temperatures are the fuel that drive hurricanes. Notice the correspondence between the storm tracks and the sea surface temperature response; this is particulary noticeable for hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and Katrina. || ", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 3257, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3257/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Sea Surface Temperature from June 1, 2005 to September 18, 2005", "description": "This visualization shows the sea surface temperatures for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season from June 1, 2005 through September 18, 2005. The ocean colors represent the sea surface temperatures. Orange and red depict regions that are 82 degrees F and higher, where the ocean is warm enough for hurricanes to form. Hurricane winds are sustained by the heat energy of the ocean, so the ocean is cooled as the hurricane passes and the energy is extracted to power the winds. The sea surface temperatures were measured by the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite. Several hurricane color water trails can be seen through this animation - particulary hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and Katrina. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "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": 75 }, { "id": 3222, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3222/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Katrina Sea Surface Temperature", "description": "This visualization shows the cold water trail left by Hurricane Katrina. The data is from August 23 through 30, 2005. The colors on the ocean represent the sea surface temperatures, and satellite images of the hurricane clouds are laid over the temperatures to clearly show the hurricane positions. Orange and red depict regions that are 82 degrees F and higher, where the ocean is warm enough for hurricanes to form. Hurricane winds are sustained by the heat energy of the ocean, so the ocean is cooled as the hurricane passes and the energy is extracted to power the winds. The sea surface temperatures are 3-day moving averages based on the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite, while the cloud images were taken by the Imager on the GOES-12 satellite. || ", "hits": 128 }, { "id": 3261, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3261/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Rita Sea Surface Temperature and Clouds", "description": "This visualization shows the sea surface temperatures during Hurricane Rita. The data is from Septemeber 17 through 22, 2005. The colors on the ocean represent the sea surface temperatures, and satellite images of the hurricane clouds are laid over the temperatures to clearly show the hurricane positions. Orange and red depict regions that are 82 degrees F and higher, where the ocean is warm enough for hurricanes to form. Hurricane winds are sustained by the heat energy of the ocean, so the ocean is cooled as the hurricane passes and the energy is extracted to power the winds. The sea surface temperatures are 3-day moving averages based on the AMSR-E instrument on the Aqua satellite, while the cloud images were taken by the Imager on the GOES-12 satellite. || ", "hits": 60 }, { "id": 3218, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3218/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-01T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Katrina from TRMM: August 28, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005. At the time the data was taken, the hurricane was a Category 5 hurricane, the most destructive and deadly. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 3228, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3228/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-09-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricanes", "description": "Hurricanes are the most powerful accumulations of energy on Earth. Nothing else even comes close. They are fearsome tropical storms that spring to life roughly the same time every year, churning up oceans and shredding the nerves of residents who live along coastal zones.But hurricanes are really just manifestations of natural processes interacting. As such, they provide unusual opportunities for scientific research, and if recent history is any guide, the beginning of the twenty-first century augurs a new era in hurricane understanding.Using NASA's extraordinary fleet of Earth observing instruments, scientists have recently made discoveries about the behavior and nature of these gigantic storms. It turns out that they often begin in unexpected, distant places around the globe; they can alter the course of other storms trailing behind; they can stretch their arms hundreds of miles in all directions. Observations from space have enabled NASA and other research institutions to develop sophisticated computer models, too. These models allow scientists to simulate and test hypothesizes about hurricanes, which in turn facilitate development of new, more accurate predictive tools. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 3214, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3214/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-08-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Katrina from TRMM: August 25, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used to understand Hurricane Katrina. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Katrina just before the storm made landfall on August 25, 2005. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 23 }, { "id": 3215, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3215/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-08-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Emily: July 20, 2005", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used to understand Hurricane Emily. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Emily just before the storm made landfall on July 20, 2005. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 18 }, { "id": 3190, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3190/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-07-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Dennis on July 6, 2005", "description": "The TRMM spacecraft captured this view of Hurricane Dennis as it passed just south of the Island of Hispaniola and headed for Cuba. || This is the view of Hurricane Dennis scene by the TRMM spacecraft on July 6, 2005 at 2i30Z. || TRMM_050706T21.jpg (720x486) [70.5 KB] || TRMM_050706T21_web.jpg (320x216) [42.1 KB] || TRMM_050706T21_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] || TRMM_050706T21_web_searchweb.jpg (320x180) [100.8 KB] || TRMM_050706T21.tif (720x486) [419.4 KB] || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3172, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3172/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-06-09T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure with Cloud Overlay on September 16, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM observed this view of Hurricane Ivan as the storm made landfall on September 16, 2004. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner(VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 18 }, { "id": 3143, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3143/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-04-14T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Lightning Accumulation (WMS)", "description": "Lightning is a brief but intense electrical discharge between positive and negative regions of a thunderstorm. The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was designed to study the distribution and variability of total lightning on a global basis. The Optical Transient Detector (OTD) was an earlier lightning detector flying aboard the Microlab-1 spacecraft. The data shown here are compiled from LIS (1998-2002) and OTD (1995-1999) observations. Because each satellite saw only a part of the Earth at any one time, these data use complex algorithms to estimate total flash rate based on the flashes observed and the amount of time the satellite views each area.NOTE: This animation is primarily designed to be used through the Web Mapping Services (WMS) protocol. Each frame in the animation actually represents an accumulation of a number of years of data up through a particular day of the year. Because of a limitation in the WMS protocol, each frame is marked only with a single date representing the last date for which the data was accumulated. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 3144, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3144/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-04-14T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Lightning Flash Rate Density (WMS)", "description": "Lightning is a brief but intense electrical discharge between positive and negative regions of a thunderstorm.The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was designed to study the distribution and variability of total lightning on a global basis. The Optical Transient Detector (OTD) was an earlier lightning detector flying aboard the Microlab-1 spacecraft. The data shown here are compiled from LIS (1998-2002) and OTD (1995-1999) observations. Because each satellite saw only a part of the Earth at any one time, these data use complex algorithms to estimate total flash rate density (number of flashes per square kilometer per year) based on the flashes observed and the amount of time the satellite views each area. || ", "hits": 297 }, { "id": 3145, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3145/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-04-11T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Frances Rain Towers", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft allows us to look under Hurricane Frances' clouds to see the rain structure. Spikes in the rain structure known as 'Hot Towers' indicate storm intensity. The 'hot towers' which refers to the tall cumulonimbus, has been seen as one of the mechanisms by which the intensity of a tropical cyclone is maintained. Because of the size (1-5 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 exists that can 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. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 3134, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3134/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-03-24T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Hurricane Frances Structure September 1, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand the underlying rain structure beneath Hurricane Frances on September 1, 2004. Here large and powerful towers are making the hurricane stronger. The rain bands are colored to represent rain intensity. 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 inch of rain and red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "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": 41 }, { "id": 3034, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3034/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-01-12T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Accumulated Rainfall during Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, 2004 (WMS)", "description": "During the hurricane season of 2004, an unprecedented four hurricanes hit Florida. This animation shows the accumulated rainfall produced by three of those hurricanes during the month of September. The animation also shows the rainfall from the typhoons in the Pacific Ocean during the same period. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 3083, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3083/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-01-12T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA Satellite Reveals Heavy Rainfall Patterns in California", "description": "The collision of a flow of moisture from Hawaii known as a 'Pineapple Express' and a persistent low pressure system are wreaking havoc on California weather. This movie shows rain accumulation in San Diego from Jan. 6 through Jan. 11 based on data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)-based 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. In this case instruments were able to reveal rainfall structure resulting from storms 'riding' the actual Pineapple Express extending toward Hawaii, which is beyond the range of conventional land-based National Weather Service radars.In early 1995, a Pineapple Express hit California, contributing to a season of winter storms that killed 27 people and did $3 billion in damages and costs. A Pineapple Express in mid-October 2003 wreaked havoc from south of Seattle to north of Vancouver Island. Flooding forced more than 3,000 people from their homes. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "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": 15 }, { "id": 3024, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3024/", "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 26, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand 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": 9 }, { "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": 9 }, { "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": 13 }, { "id": 3009, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3009/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-20T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Looks at the Rain Fueling Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004 just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken 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. High vertical bands on the outside of the storm indicated that Hurricane Ivan was very likely to spawn tornados in Florida and Georgia. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 3010, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3010/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-20T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure Seen from TRMM September 9, 2004", "description": "Zooms down to Hurricane Ivan on September 9, 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. || melt_still.0000.jpg (720x486) [69.1 KB] || TRMM09092004_640x480_pre.jpg (320x240) [11.8 KB] || TRMM09092004_320x240_pre.jpg (320x240) [12.3 KB] || TRMM09092004_640x480.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.3 MB] || 720x486_4x3_29.97p (720x486) [32.0 KB] || TRMM09092004_640x480.mpg (640x480) [10.6 MB] || TRMM09092004_320x240.mpg (320x240) [2.8 MB] || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 3011, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3011/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-20T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004", "description": "NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Ivan. TRMM snapped this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 15, 2004, just before the storm strikes land. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). 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": 14 }, { "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": 24 }, { "id": 2987, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2987/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-10T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel Genesis", "description": "This animation follows Hurricane Isabel (2003) from its birthplace in the Ethiopian Highlands of East Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the United States. Atlantic hurricanes are often formed as winds over the Gulf of Aden intersect with the Ethiopian Highlands. This animation zooms into the Ethiopian Highlands and shows several storms being formed. Then, the animation dissolves in a reticle to focus in specifically on the formation of Hurricane Isabel. The reticle follows the storm across Africa and into the Atlantic. The path and intensity of Hurricane Isabel is depicted by a colored path. Blue represents the genesis of the storm. Green is a Tropical Depression where winds are less than 39 miles per hour. Yellow is a Tropical Storm where winds are between 39 and 73 miles per hour. Red is a category 1 hurricane where winds are between 74 and 95 miles per hour. Light Red is a category 2 hurricane with winds between 96 and 110 miles per hour. Magenta is a category 3 hurricane with winds between 111 and 130 miles per hour. Light magenta is a category 4 hurricane with winds between 131 and 154 miles per hour. White represents a category 5 hurricane where winds are greater than 155 miles per hour. Note how Isabel gains size and speed over the warm waters of the Atlantic. || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 2995, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2995/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel: Under the Hood (background only)", "description": "This visualization shows NOAA/GOES infrared (IR) data of Hurricane Isabel as it makes its way across the Atlantic towards landfall. The track of Isabel is shown using a color code to indicate the storm's category: green=tropical depression, yellow=tropical storm, red=category 1, light red=category 2, purple=category 3, light purple=category4, white=category 5. This visualization is the background for animation ID 2996. || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 2996, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2996/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel: Under the Hood (with popout boxes)", "description": "This visualization shows NOAA/GOES infrared (IR) data of Hurricane Isabel as it makes its way across the Atlantic towards landfall. The track of Isabel is shown using a color code to indicate the storm's category: green=tropical depression, yellow=tropical storm, red=category 1, light red=category 2, purple=category 3, light purple=category 4, white=category 5. The inset box on the left shows how the distribution of rainfall (circular sturctures below) and heat inside the storm (oblong structures above) fluctuated dramatically as the storm changed intensities. The warm core of the hurricane was the engine that drove the storm, allowing it to draw up energy from the ocean, gathering strength and size. The inset box to the right shows vital statistics about the hurricane including wind speed, pressure, etc. The background only of this animation (without the inset boxes) can be found under animation 2995. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 2997, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2997/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-08T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel: Under the Hood (PR and AMSU only)", "description": "This visualization is an inset from animation 2996. It shows how the distribution of Hurricane Isabel's rainfall (circular sturctures below) and heat inside the storm (oblong structures above) fluctuated dramatically as the storm changed intensities. The warm core of the hurricane was the engine that drove the storm, allowing it to draw up energy from the ocean, gathering strength and size. || ", "hits": 12 }, { "id": 2990, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2990/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-09-07T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Observes Cloud Towers in Hurricane Frances", "description": "NASA's TRMM satellite (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) can see hurricanes in three dimensions. Looking down from its near Earth orbit, the vehicle is unique in the space agency's fleet of Earth observing instruments. Here we see Frances depicted showing aspects of the storm's inner structure. Red colors indicate regions of the most significant rainfall. Notice the spires stretching up in to the sky. These 'hot towers' suggest an efficient and powerful heat engine inside the storm, emphasizing to experts just how powerful this particular hurricane may be. This visualization shows the internal storm structure by melting away different surfaces of constant rain rates then building them back up. The surfaces are 0.25mm/hr (blue), 0.5mm/hr (green), 1.0 mm/hr (yellow), and 2.0 mm/hr (red/orange). || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 2910, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2910/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-02-13T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Global TRMM Rainmap, August - September 2003 (WMS)", "description": "This is a three-hour global rainmap from August 27 through September 8, 2003, as observed by the TRMM satellite. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 2896, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2896/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-02-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Wind Vectors for Hurricane Erin (WMS)", "description": "This visualization shows wind vectors for Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. Wind direction and speed are represented by the direction and speed of moving arrows, respectively. This visualization represents a single measurement taken by the SeaWinds instrument on the QuikSCAT satellite, taken at 14:27:00 UTC on September 10, 2001. The WMS version of this visualization which is available through the SVS Image Server presents this visualization with a different timestamp for each frame in order to more easily present the images as a moving series of images. It should be noted that each frame really has a time stamp of 2001-09-10 14:27:00 UTC. || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 2828, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2828/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-10-02T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Precipitation Accumulation Differences between 2002 and 2003", "description": "The East Coast droughts of 2002 and the high amounts of rainfall in 2003 have yielded large differences in our accumulated precipitation amounts between those two years. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 2816, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2816/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 1) - Sea Surface Temperature (match rendered)", "description": "This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This visualization shows Sea Surface Temperature as measured by the NASA Aqua satellite's Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) instrument. Temperature is represented by the colors in the ocean. Orange and red indicate the necessary 82-degree and warmer sea surface temperatures for a hurricane to form. This visualization was match-frame rendered to another visualization showing GOES clouds. || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 2817, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2817/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 1) - Sea Surface Temperature", "description": "This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This visualization shows sea surface temperature as measured by the NASA Aqua satellite's Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) instrument. Temperature is represented by the colors in the ocean. Orange and red indicate the necessary 82-degree and warmer sea surface temperatures for a hurricane to form.This version keeps the camera focused on the east coast of North America. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 2818, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2818/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 1) - Initial Tropical Disturbance (Match Rendered)", "description": "This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This visualization was match-frame rendered to another visualization showing sea surface temperature. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 2819, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2819/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 2) - Push into Blue Marble (Match Rendered)", "description": "This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This part of the visualization is the setup shot which pushes into the western Atlantic Ocean. Another visualization of wind vectors is intended to be faded over top of this visualization. This visualization was match-frame rendered to two other visualizations (winds and isosurfaces). || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 2820, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2820/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 2) — Clouds and Isosurfaces (Match Rendered)", "description": "This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This is a visualization of Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. This is the main section of the visualization that shows the GOES and TRMM/VIRS based cloud tops (extruded), the TRMM/PR based rain isosurface, and the CAMEX-4/dropsonde-based heat isosurface. This visualization was match-frame rendered to two other visualizations (winds and isosurfaces) and was intended to be shown edited together. || ", "hits": 14 }, { "id": 2821, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2821/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Recipe of a Hurricane - Spin Around Clouds and Isosurfaces", "description": "This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This is a visualization of hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. This version of the visualization is a slow spin around the GOES and TRMM/VIRS based cloud tops (extruded), the TRMM/PR based rain isosurface, and the CAMEX-4/dropsonde-based heat isosurface. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 2822, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2822/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Recipe of a Hurricane (Part 2) — Wind Vectors (Match Rendered)", "description": "This visualization was created in support of the 'Recipe for a Hurricane' live shot campaign. This is a visualization of Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. The visualization shows moving wind vectors from NASA's QuikSCAT spacecraft. This visualization was match-frame rendered (with alpha channel) to two other visualizations (winds and isosurfaces) and was intended to be shown edited together. || ", "hits": 6 }, { "id": 2826, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2826/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel Prepares to Make Landfall in North Carolina, September 17, 2003", "description": "This animation is of Hurricane Isabel on September 17, 2003 as it barrels toward the East Coast of the United States. At this time, Isabel was packing winds of 115 MPH and is classified as a Category 3 storm. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches ofrain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour. || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 2827, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2827/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel Batters North Carolina, September 18, 2003", "description": "This animation is of Hurricane Isabel on September 18, 2003 as it barrels toward the East Coast of the United States. At this time, Isabel waspacking winds of 105 MPH and was downgraded to a Category 2 storm. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches ofrain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 2804, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2804/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-16T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel Barrels Down on the East Coast, September 15, 2003", "description": "This animation is of Hurricane Isabel on September 15, 2003 as it barrels toward the East Coast of the United States. At this time, Isabel had maximum sustained winds of 150 mph with gusts up to 160 mph. The eye of the storm has a diameter of 40 nautical miles. The storm is moving to the west-northwest at 7mph. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour. || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 2798, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2798/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-11T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Isabel, September 8, 2003", "description": "Hurricane Isabel on September 8, 2003 is the second major hurricane of the 2003 season, measuring a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and is moving west-northwest at 14 mph. The animation peels away at the cloud tops and reveals the underlying rain structure. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 2799, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2799/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-11T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Typhoon Maemi, September 11, 2003", "description": "This animation shows TRMM's view of Typhoon Maemi. Typhoon Maemi was located approximately 400 miles south-southest of Okinawa, Japan. At the time this image was taken, Maemi was classified as a Category 5 storm under the Saffir-Simpson scale because it was packing sustained winds of 172 mph with gusts to 200 mph. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) has provided some remarkable images of Super Typhoon Maemi. During the storm's most intense phase, TRMM was able to capture the evolution of Maemi's eyewall structure as it was starting to undergo a process known as 'eyewall replacement,' whereby two concentric eyewalls are present before the outer eyewall collapses down to replace the original inner eyewall. This process can occur in very intense typhoons and hurricanes. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 2797, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2797/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-10T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Ignacio on August 25, 2003", "description": "This animation is of Hurricane Ignacio as it attacks the coast of Baja, California. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour. || ", "hits": 47 }, { "id": 2794, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2794/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-09-04T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Fabian Approaches Bermuda, September 4, 2003", "description": "This animation is of Hurricane Fabian on September 4, 2003 as it churns towards Bermuda. At this time, Fabian had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and was moving to the north-northwest at 12 mph. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour. || ", "hits": 10 }, { "id": 2783, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2783/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Claudette Approached Texas July 15, 2003", "description": "As Claudette was making landfall near Port O'Connor, Texas, the TRMM and GOES satellites captured these images. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 2784, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2784/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-07-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Typhoon Koni Hits South China Sea", "description": "Typhoon Koni brings strong winds and heavy rains to China, Vietnam, and the South China Sea region on July 20, 2003. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 2661, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2661/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2003-01-09T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Tropical Cyclone Zoe Devastates South Pacific Islands, December 29, 2002", "description": "Tropical Cyclone Zoe brought winds in excess of 300 km per hour (186 mph) and dangerous waves to the south pacific islands on December 29, 2002. The visualization zooms down to the storm and then shows the overall rain structure. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 2659, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2659/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-12-30T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Tropical Cyclone Crystal on December 25, 2002", "description": "Tropical Cyclone Crystal approaches the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The storm packed sustained winds of 80 miles per hour with gusts up to 96 miles per hour. Mauritius is situated east of Madagascar off of the Africa's southeastern coast. This animation shows the storm's rain structure with 5 different isosurfaces. The first isosurface is gray and depicts areas with 0.5 inches of rain per hour. The second is light blue and reflects 1.0 inches of rain per hour. The third is green and shows 1.7 inches of rain per hour. The fourth is yellow and represents 2.0 inches of rain per hour. The last isosurface is red and shows 2.2 inches or more of rain. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 2647, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2647/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-11-21T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Tropical Cyclone Boura on November 17, 2002", "description": "Tropical Cyclone Boura approaches Madagascar on November 17, 2002. The storm has intensified over night. The rain structure is depicted with 5 different isosurfaces. The first isosurface is gray and depicts areas with 0.5 inches of rain per hour. The second is light blue and reflects 1.0 inches of rain per hour. The third is green and shows 1.7 inches of rain per hour. The forth is yellow and represents 2.0 inches of rain per hour. The last isosurface is red and shows 2.2 inches or more of rain per hour. || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 2642, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2642/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-10-28T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Tropical Depression 14 on October 15, 2002", "description": "Tropical Depression 14 heads toward Cuba on October 15, 2002. The storm appears to be losing strength. The visualization zooms down to the storm and then shows the overall rain structure. Blue represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain. Yellow is 1.7 inches and red depicts more than 2.2 inches of rain per hour. || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 2635, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2635/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-10-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Tropical Storm Kenna on October 22, 2002", "description": "Tropical Storm Kenna passes 365 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. It has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph. The rain structure is shown in this animation. || ", "hits": 18 } ] }