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Heavy Rains in Southern Japan

This false-color image shows rainfall amounts in and around southern Japan in July 2009. Deeper blue indicates heavier rainfall.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Heavy Rains in Southern Japan.

NASA image by Jesse Allen, using near-real-time data provided courtesy of TRMM Science Data and Information System at Goddard Space Flight Center. Animations by Hal Pierce. Caption by Steve Lang.

Published July 31, 2009
Data acquired July 20 - 27, 2009

Sources:: TRMM; TRMM > MPA