NASA TRMM Image of Rainfall from Typhoon Sanvu (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA TRMM Image of Rainfall from Typhoon Sanvu

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This TRMM image of rainfall from Typhoon Sanvu was taken on May 24, 2012. Sanvu's heaviest rainfall was occurring in its northeastern quadrant where some intense storms were dropping rainfall at a rate greater than 50mm/hr (~2 inches/hr). TRMM shows that the rainfall wraps around the eastern side of the storm, stretching from north to south, while the western side of the storm is deficient in rainfall. Light to moderate rainfall was falling at a rate between .78 inches and 1.57 inches per hour (20 to 40 mm).

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NASA/TRMM, Hal Pierce

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