Earth ID: 3008

Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure on September 13, 2004

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 14, 2004

Zooms down to Hurricane Ivan on September 13, 2004. It looks underneath of the storms clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

Hurricane Ivans rain structure on September 13, 2004. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour.

Hurricane Ivan on September 13, 2004. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain.

TRMMs view of Hurricane Ivan on September 13, 2004. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. Green shows at least 0.5 inches of rain per hour. Yellow is at least 1.0 inches of rain and Red is at least 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): 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/Imager

2004/09/13

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TRMM/TMI

2004/09/13

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TRMM/VIRS

2004/09/13

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This item is part of these series:
Hurricanes
TRMM 3D Hurricanes
Hurricane Ivan

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Rainfall
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Oceans >> Ocean Winds
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Microwave
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Location >> Cuba
GCMD >> Location >> Jamaica
SVS >> GOES
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Meteorological Phenomenon
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Type
SVS >> Hurricanes >> Ivan
SVS >> Atmostpheric Science
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Frequency
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

Places you might have seen this:
MSNBC 2004/09/14, Lou Dobbs 2004/09/13