Hurricane Earl from TRMM: September 2, 1998

A fly-in to Hurricane Earl on September 2, 1998, showing the three-dimensional structure of the precipitation as measured by the Precipitation Radar instrument on TRMM. In this animation, a surface of constant precipitation is colored by the value of the precipitation on the ground under the surface. The global cloud cover data was measured by GOES. Educational levels: Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division, Graduate or professional