Earth  ID: 4843

GPM watches Hurricane Douglas threaten Hawaii

GPM captured Hurricane Douglas at 15:46 UTC (5:46 am HST) on July 25th, 2020 on it's approach to the Hawaiian Islands. Douglas was the first hurricane of the 2020 Eastern Pacific Hurricane season. At this stage Hurricane Douglas was a category 2 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of up to 105 miles per hours (169 kph).

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Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Data Visualizer
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Mission:
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)

Data Used:
GPM/GMI/Surface Precipitation also referred to as: Rain Rates
7/25/2020 15:46-15:51Z
Credit:
Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
GPM/DPR/Ku also referred to as: Volumetric Precipitation data
Observed Data - JAXA - 7/25/2020 15:41-16:11Z
Credit:
Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.
GOES-16/ABI
7/25/2020
Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has 16 spectral bands, including two visible channels, four near-infrared channels and ten infrared channels. It is nearly identical to the imagers on Himawari 8 and Himawari 9.
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Hydrology
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Earth Science Focus Areas >> Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics

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