TRMM satellite adds up Tropical Cyclone Ita's Australian soaking
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 12:30
in Earth & Climate
After coming ashore on April 11, Tropical Cyclone Ita dropped heavy rainfall over the weekend that caused flooding in many areas of northeastern Australia's state of Queensland. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM gathered data on rainfall that was used to create a rainfall map at NASA.