Earth ID: 195

TRMM Precipitation Radar Measurements of a Houston Storm

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on May 19, 1998

A rotating view of surfaces of constant precipitation density colored by ground rainfall amounts for a storm over Houston on February 10, 1998, as measured by TRMM. The intense precipitation front in clearly visible in red.

Visualization Credits

Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Chris Kummerow (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:

TRMM/PR

1998/02/10

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TRMM/VIRS

1998/02/10

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TRMM First Light

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Houston
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> Location >> Texas
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0