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Click here to search for other assets Hurricane Cloud Growth Grade level: 5-8 Theme: water cycle Video: hurricane_cloud_growth.flv
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) provides a closer look at hurricanes using a unique combination of passive and active microwave instruments designed to peer inside cloud systems and measure rainfall. TRMM allows scientists to study the combustion process in the hurricane engine and relate this process to intensification or weakening. (source) Student Outcomes After viewing this video, students should be able to: Explain the energy conversions found in the water cycle (e.g., evaporation requires heat energy, condensation releases heat energy). (W: 5-8) Key: C = climate / O = ocean circulation / T = 21st century technology / W = water cycle |