Published on March 20, 2017
Visualization depicting Typhoon Mayask in the Southwest Pacific region as observed by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Satellite on March 30th, 2015. GPM/GMI precipitation rates are displayed as the camera moves in on the storm. A slicing place move across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the structure of the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.