Earth  ID: 3023

TRMM Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) Sees the Power of Hurricane Jeanne on September 25, 2004

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 30, 2004
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Jeanne. TRMM saw this view of Hurricane Jeanne on September 25, 2004, just before it made landfall. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). It looks underneath of the storm's 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.
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The source of power that feeds a hurricane is its rainfall. The TRMM spacecraft allows us to look beneath the clouds to see the structure of the rain.
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The TRMM spacecraft allows us to see the clouds from Hurricane Jeanne with the rain structure underneath.September 25, 2004
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Blue represents the volumetric area where TRMM has recorded more than 0.25 inches of rain per hour.
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Green is where it has rained more than 0.5 inches of rain per hour.
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Yellow is where it has rained more than 1.0 inches of rain per hour.
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Red is where it has rained more than 2.0 inches 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
2004/09/25
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TRMM/TMI
2004/09/25
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TRMM/VIRS
2004/09/25
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This item is part of these series:
Hurricanes
TRMM 3D Hurricanes
Hurricane Jeanne

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Rainfall
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Fires
GCMD >> Location >> Florida
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Atmospheric Circulation
SVS >> Oceans >> Atlantic
SVS >> Meteorological Phenomenon
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Type
SVS >> Earth Science >> El Nino
SVS >> Cloud Cover >> Frequency
SVS >> Oceans >> Plant Life
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