Earth ID: 2647

Tropical Cyclone Boura on November 17, 2002

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on November 21, 2002

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.

This animation zooms down to Cyclone Boura and peels away the cloudtop to reveal the underlying rain structure. The structure is represented by 5 isosurfaces. The first isosurface is grey 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.

Tropical Cyclone Bouras rain structure - grey is 0.5 inches of rain per hour; light blue is 1.0 inches of rain per hour; green is 1.7 inches of rain per hour; yellow is 2.0 inches of rain per hour; red is 2.2 inches or more of rain per hour.

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/PR

2002/11/17

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TRMM/TMI

2002/11/17

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TRMM/VIS

2002/11/17

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TRMM 3D Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Boura
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Cyclones
GCMD >> Location >> Madagascar
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