Earth ID: 3288

Hurricane Wilma on October 20, 2005

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on October 19, 2005

NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Wilma on October 20, 2005 at 1645Z. At this time the storm was classified as a dangerous category four with sustained winds of 125 knots (138 mph). 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) and TRMM's Precitation Radar(PR) instruments. TRMM 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.

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:

GOES

2005/10/20

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TRMM/PR

2005/10/20

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TRMM/TMI

2005/10/20

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TRMM/VIRS

2005/10/20

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

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