Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002

  • Released Friday, May 31, 2002
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This is Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002 as seen by TRMM and GOES.

The animation zooms down to Hurricane Alma and then scans across the cloud tops to reveal the underlying rain structure. There are three isosurfaces defined (Yellow = 0.5 inches/hour, Green = 1.0 inches/hour, and Red = 2.0 inches/hour)

Zoom down to Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002. Scan across the storm and remove the cloud tops to reveal 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour

Scan across the storm and remove the cloud tops to reveal 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour

Scan across the storm and remove the cloud tops to reveal 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour

Zoom down to Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002. The cloud tops have been removed to show the underlying 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour

Zoom down to Hurricane Alma on May 29, 2002. The cloud tops have been removed to show the underlying 3 isosurfaces. (Yellow = 0.5 inches-hour, Green = 1.0 inches-hour, Red=2.0+ inches-hour

Video slate image reads "Hurricane Alma May 29, 2002".

Video slate image reads "Hurricane Alma May 29, 2002".

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Friday, May 31, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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