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Rain-soaked Madagascar again threatened by Cyclone Giovanna

Rainfall data from NASA's TRMM satellite revealed that parts of Madagascar's east coast received over a foot (30 cm) of rainfall from Cyclone Giovanna's passage, and new satellite data shows Cyclone Giovanna ...

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created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA satellite rainmap shows extent of Tropical Storm Lee's heavy rainfall

NASA has a rain gauge flying in space called TRMM, and data from that satellite has been used to create a map of the massive rainfall generated by landfalling Tropical Storm Lee.

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created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cyclone Bijli's rainfall -- from birth to death (w/Video)

Before satellites, meteorologists had no way to estimate or measure how much rain tropical cyclones generated where there were no buoys with rain gauges. The satellite managed by NASA and the Japanese Space ...

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0