Orbit of the TRMM Satellite
A visual description of the TRMM satellite's tropical orbit between 35º North and 35º South.
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Western Australia Affected by Tropical Cyclone 20
On 3 April 2011 at 2250 UTC the TRMM satellite revealed that dissipating tropical cyclone TWENTY was still generating a few moderate thunderstorms over western Australia. Tropical cyclone TWENTY was the third to affect western Australian this tropical cyclone season that started in November 2010 and ends on 30 April 2011.
Likely Tropical Cyclone near Philippines
The TRMM satellite flew over an area of disturbed weather east of the Philippines on 3 April 2011 at 0129 UTC collecting data used in the image above. This area contains very intense thunderstorms with tops shooting to heights above 17 km (~10.6 miles). Heavy rainfall in these thunderstorm towers can provide the energy needed for tropical cyclone (typhoon) development.
TRMM Sees Deadly Rainfall over Thailand
More than 15 people have been killed in Thailand over the past week due to flooding and mudslides caused by extremely heavy rainfall. The Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) analysis above was made using data that were calibrated with TRMM precipitation data. These data are calculated and stored at NASA Goddard Space Flight center and are available within a few hours after being received by satellites. This analysis shows that rainfall for the past week over the Malay Peninsula was particularly extreme with totals of almost 1200 mm (~47 inches). TRMM satellite data revealed that
Tropical Cyclone Bune
Tropical cyclone BUNE was southeast of the Fiji Islands and close to a category one on the Saffir-Simpson scale when the TRMM satellite passed above on 24 March 2011 at 1548 UTC. TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) data from this pass show that large rain bands around BUNE contained numerous intense thunderstorms. BUNE is expected to peak as a category two tropical cyclone with wind speeds of about 85 kts (~98 mph) on 26 March 2011 while moving over the open waters northeast of New Zealand.
TRMM Satellite Image of Tropical Cyclone Yasi
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TRMM Satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Yasi on February 1st to 3rd, 2011 (left to right) as it made landfall over Queensland, Australia.
TRMM’s TMI and PR instruments observed Cyclone Yasi as it developed from a Category 3 tropical cyclone (Feb. 1st, left), to a Category 5 event (Feb. 2nd) when it made landfall with wind gusts reported at up to 186 mph, and then finally as it began to dissipate on Feb. 3rd (right).
TRMM Precipitation Radar Image of Magda
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TRMM Precipitation Radar image of tropical cyclone Magda.
Image showing TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) and the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) instrument resolving the intensifying thunderstorms near a tropical cyclone Magda’s eyewall off the northwest coast of Australia on January 21st, 2010.
TRMM Sees Diminished CHERENO (18S)
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Tue, 03/22/2011
The TRMM satellite passed directly above the remnants of tropical cyclone CHERENO (18S) in the South Indian Ocean on 22 March 2011 at 0225 UTC. TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) show that CHERENO, although weakened, still had some life and was producing very heavy rainfall of over 50 mm/hr (~2 inches) south-southeast of Reunion Island.
Rainfall Near ARANI Subsides
The image above shows subtropical cyclone ARANI as the TRMM satellite passed over head on 17 March 2011 at 0958 UTC. TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) data from that orbit show that moderate to heavy rainfall was only occurring to the southeast of ARANI at that time. TMI and PR rainfall data were overlaid on a combination visible and infrared image that used TRMM Visible and InfraRed Scanner (VIRS) data. Visible low level clouds from this image (shown in shades of yellow) are the only evidence for the location of ARANI's center of circulation. Click here to see earlier
The 1st TRMM International Science Conference
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