Previous Animation Next Animation Hurricane Ophelia from TRMM: September 11, 2005 1648 Zulu 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.    Hurricane Ophelia at 1648 Zulu. Peer under the clouds to see the rain structure fueling the storm. Duration: 200.0 minutes Available formats:   2560x1920 TIFF         6 MB   720x486 (30 fps) Frames   320x240     JPEG         55 KB   160x80       PNG           21 KB   80x40         PNG           6 KB   720x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   9 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   11 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 GB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       581 KB How to play our movies Animation Number: 3244 Completed: 2005-09-12 Animator: Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientist: Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: GOES   TRMM/PR   TRMM/TMI   TRMM/VIRS Data Collected: 2005/09/11 Series: TRMM 3D Hurricanes 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 Back to Top

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