GPM 3D Flyby of Winston
On Feb. 20 at 0941 UTC (4:41 a.m. EST), the GPM core satellite saw that Winston was dropping rain at a rate of over 169 mm (6.7 inches) per hour …
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GPM Video of Tropical Cyclone 04B’s Remnants
The GPM core observatory satellite had a good view of tropical cyclone 04B’s remnants on Dec. 10 at 10:57 a.m. EST (1557 UTC). This view (looking toward the northeast) showed …
NASA’s GPM Sees Tropical Cyclone Winston Intensifying
On Feb. 11, GPM saw rain falling at a rate of over 60 mm (2.4 inches) per hour on the northwestern side of a forming eye wall and highest cloud …
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GPM Video Showing Rainfall Totals over the Southern U.S.
This animation shows the distribution of rainfall from March 7 through 14, 2016 over the south central U.S. Purple indicates highest rainfall amounts. Credit: NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce
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GPM Records Rainfall Over Gulf of Mexico
On June 7, GPM found rain falling at a rate of over 7.5 inches (190.5 mm) in one powerful storm in the Gulf of Mexico west of the Florida Keys. …
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GPM 3-D Flyby Animation Shows Ophelia’s Storm Tops
This 3-D Flyby animation shows Ophelia’s storm tops heights on Oct. 10 from GPM radar data that remain after GOES satellite data are removed. The area covered by GPM’s 151.9 …
GPM Sees Intensifying Typhoon Lan Heading Toward Japan
On Oct. 18 the GPM core satellite found extremely heavy rainfall was located in the southeastern side of the typhoon’s eye wall. Powerful storms there were dropping rain at a …
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GPM Sees Tropical Storm Danny’s Asymmetric Rainfall
On Aug. 19, GPM saw Danny’s rain structure was still asymmetric as noted by the large rain band (identified by the green arc indicating moderate rain) being located mainly on …
NASA’s GPM Satellite Analyzes Tropical Storm Erika’s Rainfall
GPM showed thunderstorm cloud tops reaching to just over 14 km (8.6 miles) high and PM showed rainfall of up to 52.8 mm (2.0 inches) per hour. The GPM data …
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NASA’s GPM Sees Hurricane Jimena Weaken East of Hawaii
On Sept. 3, GPM showed that Jimena’s eyewall (dark red semicircle indicating intense rainfall) continued to erode away on the southern side. Most of the rain bands south of the …