Anatomy of a Raindrop
This short video explains how a raindrop falls through the atmosphere and why a more accurate look at raindrops can improve estimates of global precipitation.
For a printable droplet hand out click here.
This short video explains how a raindrop falls through the atmosphere and why a more accurate look at raindrops can improve estimates of global precipitation.
Complete transcripts are available in English and Brazilian Portuguese.
Updated raindrop animation
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA)
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
- Andrew Young (ARTS)
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Video editor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Narrator
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
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Scientists
- Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC)
- Chris Kidd (University of Maryland)
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
- Stephen J. Munchak (University of Maryland)
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Writers
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
- Dorian W. Janney (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, May 31, 2013.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.
Missions
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This visualization can be found in the following series:Tapes
This visualization originally appeared on the following tapes:-
Anatomy of a Raindrop
(ID: 2013033)
Monday, December 2, 2013 at 5:00AM