GPM Examines Hurricane Gert's Rainfall
The GPM core observatory satellite provided rainfall information about hurricane Gert on August 16, 2017 at 5:37 PM EDT (2137 UTC). At that time Gert was a strong category two hurricane with maximum sustained winds of about 93.5 mph (85 kts). Data from GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) instrument showed that rain was still falling at a rate of more than 2.94 inches (74.7 mm) per hour in a powerful band of storms spiraling around Gert's eastern side. With that pass GPM's Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) had a limited encounter with hurricane Gert. DPR did find that rain in storms on the