TRMM Satellite Rainfall Totals from Typhoon Bopha (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

TRMM Satellite Rainfall Totals from Typhoon Bopha

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TRMM rainfall totals are shown here from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5, 2012 when typhoon Bopha was moving through the southern Philippines. Typhoon Bopha's track is shown overlaid in white. The heaviest rain, estimated at over 240 mm(~9.4 inches), was located near the coast of eastern Mindanao where the typhoon first hit the island. Rainfall totals of over 100mm (~3.9 inches) were normal over a large area of eastern Mindanao.

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NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce

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