Earth ID: 215

Hurricane Georges from TRMM: September 24, 1998

Visualizations by Greg Shirah Released on December 31, 1998

This image was taken at 2:30 PM.

A fly-in to Hurricane Georges on September 24, 1998 at 2:30 PM, showing the three-dimensional structure of the precipitation as measured by the Precipitation Radar instrument on TRMM. In this animation, a surface of constant precipitation is colored by the value of the precipitation on the ground under the surface.

Video slate image reads "TRMM Hurricane Georges
September 24, 1998 time 2:30pm EDT
TRMM Microwave Image and Visible and Infrared Scanner (and GOES Satellite Data)".

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:

GOES

1998/09/24

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TRMM/TMI

1998/09/24

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TRMM/PR

1998/09/24

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TRMM/VIRS

1998/09/24

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This item is part of this series:
TRMM 3D Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
SVS >> GOES
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