NASA TRMM Satellite Sees Heavy Rainfall in Irene (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA TRMM Satellite Sees Heavy Rainfall in Irene

Caption

The TRMM satellite passed over Irene when it was a tropical storm on Aug. 21 2011 at 0024 UTC (8:24 p.m. EDT Aug. 20). Data collected with this orbit showed that Irene contained numerous powerful thunderstorms with TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) revealing that some thunderstorm towers near the center of the storm were reaching to heights above 15 km (~9.3 miles).

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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