Earth  ID: 2558

Hurricane Isodore on September 19, 2002

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 20, 2002
Hurricane Isodore is the second Atlantic hurricane of the 2002 season. It brought 80 mph winds and tremendous rainfall to Cuba. The visualization depicts the overall rain structure of the storm. Yellow represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain, and red depicts more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.
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Zoom down to Hurricane Isodore and reveal the underlying rain structure of the storm.
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Hurricane Isodore inudates western Cuba with rain.
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Peel away the clouds of Hurricane Isodore to reveal the rain structure. Yellow represents areas iwhere at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain, and red depicts more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.
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Isodores rain structure with the clouds removed. In this picture yellow represents areas iwhere at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. Green shows at least 1.0 inch of rain, and red depicts more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.
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Slate title from video tape reads, 'Hurricane Isidore. The second hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season brought tremendous wind, rain, and flooding to Cuba on September 19, 2002.'

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM/TMI
2002/09/19
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TRMM/PR
2002/09/19
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GOES-8
2002/09/19
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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
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
GCMD >> Location >> Cuba
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