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Hourly Total Precipitation from the GEOS-5 Model

This animation portrays the hourly flow of precipitation around the world. The animation was created using data from the GEOS-5 atmospheric model on the cubed-sphere, run at 14-km global resolution for 30-days. For more information on the GEOS-5, see http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/systems/geos5 . For more information on the cubed-sphere work, see http://sivo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cubedsphere_overview.html.

This animation displays the intensity of precipitation as it flows around the globe, showing heavy precipitation in orange/yellow, medium in blue/green and light precipitation in purple.    This animation displays the intensity of precipitation as it flows around the globe, showing heavy precipitation in orange/yellow, medium in blue/green and light precipitation in purple.
Duration: 10.0 seconds
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An image of precipitation over the Pacific Ocean and North America.    An image of precipitation over the Pacific Ocean and North America.

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Color bar for the precipitation
   Color bar for the precipitation

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Animation Number:3645
Completed:2009-10-01
Animator:Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead)
Producer:Michelle Williams (UMBC)
Scientists:Matthew Rodell (UMBC)
 William Putman (NASA/GSFC)
Platform/Sensor/Data Set:GEOS-5 Atmospheric Model on the Cubed-Sphere
Series:Earth Science Week
Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Water Vapor >> Precipitable Water
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Precipitation Amount
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Precipitation Rate
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
 
 
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).


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