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TRMM Tropical Microwave Imager (TMI) sees the power of Hurricane Jeanne On September 25, 2004
NASA's TRMM spacecraft is used by meteorologists to understand Hurricane Jeanne. TRMM saw this view of Hurricane Jeanne on September 25, 2004, just before it made landfall. The cloud cover is taken by TRMM's Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS). It looks underneath of the storm's clouds to reveal the underlying rain structure. 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.

The source of power that feeds a hurricane is its rainfall. The TRMM spacecraft allows us to look beneath the clouds to see the structure of the rain.    The source of power that feeds a hurricane is its rainfall. The TRMM spacecraft allows us to look beneath the clouds to see the structure of the rain.

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The TRMM spacecraft allows us to see the clouds from Hurricane Jeanne with the rain structure underneath.September 25, 2004    The TRMM spacecraft allows us to see the clouds from Hurricane Jeanne with the rain structure underneath.September 25, 2004

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Blue represents the volumetric area where TRMM has recorded more than 0.25 inches of rain per hour.    Blue represents the volumetric area where TRMM has recorded more than 0.25 inches of rain per hour.

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Green is where it has rained more than 0.5 inches of rain per hour.    Green is where it has rained more than 0.5 inches of rain per hour.

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Yellow is where it has rained more than 1.0 inches of rain per hour.    Yellow is where it has rained more than 1.0 inches of rain per hour.

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Red is where it has rained more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.    Red is where it has rained more than 2.0 inches of rain per hour.

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Animator: Lori Perkins
Studio: SVS
Date Completed: September 30, 2004
Duration: 400 frames, 13.333333 seconds
Scientist: Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)
Instrument: TRMM/TMI, TRMM/VIRS, TRMM/PR
Keywords: hurricanes, florida, jeanne, rainfall
DLESESubject: National hazards, atmospheric science
Data Collected: 2004/09/25
Animation Series: TRMM 3D Hurricanes Hurricane Jeanne hurricanes



Please give credit for this visualization to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio


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