Earth ID: 2798

Hurricane Isabel, September 8, 2003

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 11, 2003

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.

Hurricane Isabel on September 8, 2003. Red= at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour, green is 1.0 inches of rain, and yellow is 0.5 inches of rain

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

2003/09/08

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TRMM/PR

2003/09/08

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TRMM/VIS

2003/09/08

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GOES-8

2003/09/08

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

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> East Coast
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