Cyclone Bijli's rainfall -- from birth to death (w/Video)
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 16:07
in Astronomy & Space
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 Agency, JAXA provides that "rain gauge" from space in the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite.