GPM Spreads Its Wings in Solar Array Deployment Test
This video montage shows scenes from the test deployments of both GPM Core satellite solar arrays in a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in June 2013.
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TRMM Sees Cosme Peaking
The TRMM satellite had a perfect view of hurricane Cosme when it was close to peak intensity. TRMM passed directly over head on June 25, at 2157 UTC (2:27 PM PDT). At that time hurricane Cosme was estimated to have winds of over 70kts (~80.5 mph). TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) saw very heavy rainfall in powerful storms on the southwest side of Cosme's eye. TRMM's 3-D Precipitation Radar (PR) data shows that Cosme had a ragged eye wall. The highest thunderstorm tops, reaching heights of about 13km (~8.1 miles), were found by TRMM PR to be located in the northeast side of the eye wall. Click
Tropical Storm COSME Becoming Stronger
Tropical storm Cosme was illuminated by morning sunlight when the TRMM satellite flew over on June 24, 2013 at 1304 UTC (8:04 AM PDT). COSME had become much better organized since being upgraded to a tropical depression 24 hours earlier. A rainfall analysis derived from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation (PR) data are shown overlaid on a visible/infrared image from TRMM's Visible and InfraRed Scanner (VIRS). TRMM PR found rain falling at a rate of over 113 mm/hr (~4.4 inches) just to the south of Cosme's center of circulation. TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) data were used to show
Tropical Storm Barry Forms & Makes Second Landfall
As predicted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), tropical depression two strengthened in the Bay Of Campeche and became tropical storm Barry on Wednesday June 19, 2013 at 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC). Barry's center of circulation made landfall today just north of Veracruz, Mexico between 1200 and 1300 UTC with 40kt(~46 mph) winds. The NHC has forecast that heavy rainfall from Barry "could cause life-threatening flash flooding and mud slides..." This image uses data captured when the TRMM satellite had a good view of tropical storm Barry on June 20, 2013 at 1510 UTC (10:10 AM CDT). A rainfall
Intensifying TD02 Moves Into The Bay Of Campeche
The TRMM satellite passed above tropical depression two on June 18, 2013 at 2336 UTC (6:43 PM CDT). A red circle shows the approximate location of TD02 just before it entered the Bay Of Campeche in the the southern Gulf Of Mexico. Data from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) instruments showed that TD02 was still only producing light to moderate rainfall. The most intense rainfall over land, at about 28.7mm/hr (~1.1 inches), was found by TRMM's TMI in a line of storms extending from northwestern Guatemala into the Gulf Of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center (NHC)