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Rapidly Intensifying Typhoon Examined By NASA's GPM
- Published_at:2016-07-06
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:NASA.gov Video
- tags: nasa Global Precipitation Measurement Nepartak Typhoon GPM
- description: The GPM core observatory satellite flew above Nepartak on July 4 at 2151 UTC (5:51 p.m. EDT). GPM identified very tall thunderstorm towers near the center of the intensifying tropical storm. These tall thunderstorms called "hot towers" were found to reach heights of 17.0 km (about 10.5 miles). Those storms were dropping rain at a rate of over 193 mm (7.6 inches) per hour. Credit: NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal Pierce
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