NASA catches heavy rainfall happening in Category 4 Earl as it approaches the US

Hurricane Earl is still a powerful category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale as it approaches the North Carolina coast today. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observed the high rates rain was falling within Earl, in some areas more than 2 inches per hour. Today, the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is also flying into the eye of Hurricane Earl at altitudes of 60,000 feet to gather information about the storm.

NASA catches heavy rainfall happening in Category 4 Earl as it approaches the US

Hurricane Earl is still a powerful category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale as it approaches the North Carolina coast today. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite ...

Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

NASA catches heavy rainfall happening in Category 4 Earl as it approaches the US, Thu 2 Sep 10 from R&D Mag

Global Hawk drone aircraft flies over Frank on the GRIP hurricane mission

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NASA hurricane researchers eye Earl's eye

Three NASA aircraft carrying 15 instruments are busy criss-crossing Earl as part of the agency's Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes mission, or GRIP, which continues through Sept. 30. ...

Fri 3 Sep 10 from Eurekalert

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