Earth  ID: 3218

Hurricane Katrina from TRMM: August 28, 2005

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 1, 2005
NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005. At the time the data was taken, the hurricane was a Category 5 hurricane, the most destructive and deadly. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the GOES spacecraft. The rain structure is taken by TRMM's Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure.
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NASA's TRMM spacecraft peers beneath the clouds of Hurricane Katrina to see the rainfall that powers the storm.
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Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005. 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
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
2005/08/28
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TRMM/PR
2005/08/28
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TRMM/TMI
2005/08/28
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TRMM/VIRS
2005/08/28
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This item is part of these series:
TRMM 3D Hurricanes
Hurricane Katrina

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Tropical Storm Cindy
SVS >> Tropical Storm Emily
SVS >> GOES
NASA Science >> Earth