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Hurricane Katrina from TRMM: August 28, 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.

NASA's TRMM spacecraft peers beneath the clouds of Hurricane Katrina to see the rainfall that powers the storm.
   NASA's TRMM spacecraft peers beneath the clouds of Hurricane Katrina to see the rainfall that powers the storm.
Duration: 13.0 seconds
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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.    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.

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Animation Number:3218
Completed:2005-08-28
Animator:Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
Scientist:Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:GOES
 TRMM/PR
 TRMM/TMI
 TRMM/VIRS
Data Collected:2005/08/28
Series:TRMM 3D Hurricanes
 Hurricane Katrina
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Tropical Storm Cindy
SVS >> Tropical Storm Emily
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio


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