Suomi NPP Captures Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath - 25-31 August 2017
31 August 2017 - On August 23 the disorganized remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey emerged from the Yucatan Penninsula. Over the next three days the storm would strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane that devistated the small coastal towns between Corpus Cristi and Galveston. Over the next five days the storm barely budged, dumping feet of rain over most of southeast Texas. Some areas around Houston and Beuomont saw upwards of 4 feet of rain during this time.
The instruments on S-NPP captured the event:
- VIIRS Automatic Flood Detection Map for the region: 375m VIIRS Flood Map for Houston Beaumount area, Aug 31, 2017 (Mitch Goldberg (JPSS Program) / Sanmei Li (GMU), JPSS PGRR), and VIIRS Flood Detection Map Quick Guide
- MiRS Products (STAR MiRS team: Chris Grassotti, S. Liu, J. Chen, Q. Liu):
- CMORPH Rain Rate: a blended product, uses multiple JPSS products as inputs. Animation Since 0824 (NCEP/CPC, Pingping Xie)
Additional Harvey Resources
CMORPH estimates of rainfall during Hurricane Harvey
25-30 August 2017 - Image courtesy of NOAA NCEP CPC, POC: Pingping Xie
Suomi NPP estimates of flooded land areas
30 August 2017 - Credit: Mitch Goldberg (JPSS Program) / Sanmei Li (GMU), JPSS PGRR
MiRS ATMS Rain Rate
27 August 2017 - Credit: Chris Grassotti
MiRS ATMS Total Precipitable Water
24 August 2017 - Credit: Ryan Smith
VIIRS Day/Night Band Image of Hurricane Harvey
23 August 2017 - Credit: Ryan Smith
VIIRS Day/Night Band Image - Power Outages
31 August 2017 - Credit: William Straka III (UW-CIMSS)
VIIRS I-Band 5 Image
31 August 2017 - Credit: William Straka III (UW-CIMSS)
VIIRS Day Night Band images for 8/23/2017 (left, before landfall) and 8/30/2017 (right, after landfall, power outages)
William Straka III (UW-CIMSS)
SNPP True Color images for 8/23/2017 (left) and 8/30/2017 (right)
UW-CIMSS
