GPM Satellite Sees Tropical Cyclone Son-Tinh Dropping Rain in the Philippines
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Channel: NASA Video · 2018 · Science & Technology
The GPM core observatory satellite passed over on July 16, 2018 at 4:51 a.m. EDT (0851 UTC), GPM's radar (DPR Ku Band) also showed extremely heavy precipitation in the Philippine Sea near the northeastern tip of Luzon where rain was coming down at a rate of greater than 165 mm (6.5 inches) per hour. The satellite's radar showed that a small cluster of powerful storms were reaching heights above 15.2 km (9.4 miles).Credit: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce
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