Cyclone Spying: 3-D Hurricane View Of Arthur Reveals Rain Towers

universetoday.com ^ | July 8, 2014 | Elizabeth Howell on

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While Hurricane Arthur was still a hurricane, the new Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory flew over the storm last week and captured its structure in 3-D. This was a good test of the new satellite, which is supposed to help NASA track these Atlantic storms to better precision than before.

NASA-Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency mission allowed researchers to do better forecasting because they could track the precipitation to 1,000 feet vertically and three miles horizontally

[BenLurkin]

Short video at the link

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Of interest!

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Thanks ltos.

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My Pleasure! :-)