NASA | GPM Analyzes Powerful Tropical Cyclone Winston over Fiji
The Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM mission core satellite passed directly over Tropical Cyclone Winston on Feb. 20 just after it made landfall on the north coast of Viti Levu Island, which is the largest and most populated island in the nation of Fiji.
At the time, Winston was one of the most intense tropical cyclones observed in the South Pacific Ocean, and took an unusual track on the way to Fiji, completing a large counter-clockwise loop during the preceding week.
The GPM satellite, co-managed by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is designed to measure rainfall...