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NASA scientists talk about the new global portrait of rain and snow and why this world-wide view of precipitation is important for everything from knowing how much freshwater is available to drink, to forecasting natural disasters like hurricanes and floods, to understanding Earth in a changing climate.
NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission – GPM – sees through clouds to produce the most detailed world-wide view of rain, light rain and snow every 30 minutes. Scientists can now see weather fronts in the Southern Ocean, snow at the tops of hurricanes and watch a storm on the East Coast travel across the Atlantic bringing deluge of rain that causes flooding in England. A constellation of a dozen satellites provides this unprecidented look inside rain clouds, hurricanes and blizzards, giving scientists new insights into how these storms develop and intensify, which will improve weather forecasting.
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NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement mission – GPM – sees through clouds to produce the most detailed world-wide view of rain, light rain and snow every 30 minutes. Scientists can now see weather fronts in the Southern Ocean, snow at the tops of hurricanes and watch a storm on the East Coast travel across the Atlantic bringing deluge of rain that causes flooding in England. A constellation of a dozen satellites provides this unprecidented look inside rain clouds, hurricanes and blizzards, giving scientists new insights into how these storms develop and intensify, which will improve weather forecasting.
For "A week in the life of rain" click here.
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Michelle Handleman (USRA): Lead Producer
Claire Saravia (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Lead Editor
Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC): Project Scientist
Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC): Project Scientist
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Project Scientist
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Project Support
Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA): Project Support
Eric C. Brown De Colstoun (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Claire Saravia (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.): Lead Editor
Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC): Project Scientist
Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC): Project Scientist
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Project Scientist
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Project Support
Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA): Project Support
Eric C. Brown De Colstoun (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Mission:
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
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Keywords:
SVS >> GPM
SVS >> Global Precipitation Measurement
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Snow
SVS >> Climate >> Precipitation
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11826
Mission:
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies
Keywords:
SVS >> GPM
SVS >> Global Precipitation Measurement
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Snow
SVS >> Climate >> Precipitation
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
