TRMM Precipitation zoom
From 08:49 until 08:53 of 15 December the TRMM passed over the Agulhas Current and provided imagery of heavy rainfall available from both the PR and TMI swaths. This event had a square area of approximately 45 000 km2 with a maximum surface rain rate of 28 mm/h according to TMI and 94 mm/h according to the TMI/PR combined product (PR has a better spatial resolution).

Fig. 10: Zoom of the surface rain rate according to the combined PR and TMI product on board the TRMM satellite for the 15 of December at 0849 to 0853 UTC over the ocean region just south of Port Elizabeth. The solid line shows the location of the coastline; the broken line the 200 m isobath that represents the edge of the continental shelf. Rain rates in mm/h are given in the colour scale.


[Abstract| Introduction| Agulhas Current | TRMM SST| Cloud Lines | Questions| Synoptic settings.| Rainfall| Visible Meteosat| Infrared Meteosat| The Movies| TRMM Orbits| TRMM Precipitation| TRMM zoom| TRMM vertical section| Humidity flux 1| Humidity flux 2| Humidity flux vertical sections| Conclusion| References Thanks]

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