Cyclone Spying: 3-D Hurricane View Of Arthur Reveals Rain Towers

(Before It's News)

While Hurricane Arthur was still a hurricane, the new Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory flew over the storm last week and captured its structure in 3-D. This was a good test of the new satellite, which is supposed to help NASA track these Atlantic storms to better precision than before.

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