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Hurricane Dean on August 21, 2007

NASA's TRMM spacecraft observed this view of Hurricane Dean on August 21, 2007. At this time the storm was classified as a category two with sustained winds of 90 knots (103.7 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. Gray 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 Dean hits the Yucatan Peninsula on August 21, 2007.    Hurricane Dean hits the Yucatan Peninsula on August 21, 2007.
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The TRMM satellite peers through the clouds to see this storm's rain engine.    The TRMM satellite peers through the clouds to see this storm's rain engine.

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Animation Number:3448
Completed:2007-08-21
Animator:Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
Scientist:Scott Braun (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:GOES
 TRMM/PR
 TRMM/TMI
 TRMM/VIRS
Data Collected:2005/10/20
Series:Hurricanes
 TRMM 3D Hurricanes
 Hurricane Wilma
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Natural hazards
 
 
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio


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