Earth ID: 3263

Hurricane Rita from TRMM: September 23, 2005

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 23, 2005

NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Rita on September 23, 2005 at 0852Z. At this time the storm was a category 4 hurricane with a minimum pressure of 924 mb, and sustained winds of 120 knots. 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. 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.

Look under the clouds to see the rain that fuels this storm. Blue represents areas where 0.25 inches of rain per hour fell. Green represents areas where at least 0.5 inches fell per hour.

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC): Scientist
J. Marshall Shepherd (NASA/GSFC): 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

2005/09/23

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TRMM/TMI

2005/09/23

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TRMM/PR

2005/09/23

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GOES

2005/09/23

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

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> GOES
NASA Science >> Earth