Tropical Cyclones are Stalling More

Storms in the North Atlantic are lingering longer near the coast, leading to significantly more rainfall.

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NASA Earth Observatory video and imagery by Joshua Stevens, using data from Hall, T. M., and Kossin, J. P., (2019) and IMERG data from the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) at NASA/GSFC. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published June 6, 2019
Data acquired August 20 - September 2, 2017

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GPM

In situ Measurement

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