NASA: Typhoon Pakhar in 3-D (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA: Typhoon Pakhar in 3-D

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TRMM's PR was used to create a 3-D image of Pakhar's structure and showed that some of the storms were reaching heights of about 13 kilometers (~8 miles) above the ocean surface.

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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