Earth  ID: 2827

Hurricane Isabel Batters North Carolina, September 18, 2003

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 30, 2003
This animation is of Hurricane Isabel on September 18, 2003 as it barrels toward the East Coast of the United States. At this time, Isabel waspacking winds of 105 MPH and was downgraded to a Category 2 storm. The animation peels away the cloud layer and reveals the storm's rain structure. The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches ofrain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour.
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This animation is of Hurricane Isabel on September 18, 2003 as it hits the East Coast of the United States. The storm is vast, but the rain structure is relatively small and non-symmetric for a storm of this size.
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Isabels rain structure: The yellow isosurface represents areas where at least 0.5 inches of rain fell per hour. The green isosurface show 1.0 inches of rain per hour and red displays where more than 2 inches of rain fell per hour.

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
GOES-8
2003/09/18
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TRMM/PR
2003/09/18
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TRMM/TMI
2003/09/18
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TRMM/VIRS
2003/09/18
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This item is part of this series:
TRMM 3D Hurricanes

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Rain Structure
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