NASA's TRMM Satellite measures Cyclone Ului's Australian rainfall from space

Monday, March 22, 2010 - 17:42 in Earth & Climate

NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite can estimate rainfall from space. TRMM is used to monitor tropical rainfall around the world, and can also calculate flood potential. TRMM data was used to create an animation of Tropical Cyclone Ului's track as it approached and made landfall in Queensland, Australia this weekend.

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