Earth  ID: 3244

Hurricane Ophelia from TRMM: September 11, 2005 1648 Zulu

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 12, 2005
NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Ophelia on September 11, 2005. At the time the data was taken, the hurricane was a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 70 KT. 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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Hurricane Ophelia at 1648 Zulu. Peer under the clouds to see the rain structure fueling the storm.

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:
TRMM/VIRS
2005/09/11
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TRMM/TMI
2005/09/11
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TRMM/PR
2005/09/11
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GOES
2005/09/11
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This item is part of this series:
TRMM 3D Hurricanes

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