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NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory Flight Path Jan 19, 2012

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on January 31, 2012
NASA is flying an airborne science laboratory through Canadian snowstorms for six weeks in support of a difficult task of the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission: measuring snowfall from space. GPM is an international satellite mission scheduled for launch in 2014 that will provide next-generation observations of worldwide rain and snow every three hours. It is the first precipitation mission designed to detect falling snow from space. NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory flew this flight path on Jan 19, 2012 in support of NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) snow study. The GCPEx field campaign will help scientists match measurements of snow in the air and on the ground.
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This animation of the flight path seen in yellow of NASA's DC-8 airborne science laboratory during the GCPEx 2012 field campaign.
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This is the same animation without the text overlay descriptor.

For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/winter-dc8.html

Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Video Editor
Walt A. Petersen (NASA/GSFC Wallops): Interviewee
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Producer
Malissa Reyes (USRA): Producer
Walt A. Petersen (NASA/GSFC Wallops): Scientist
John Hall (UAH): Project Support
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)

Data Used:
DC-8/DDS/Flight Path also referred to as: DC-8 Flight Path
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Keywords:
SVS >> DC-8
SVS >> GPM
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Snow Cover
SVS >> Winter
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Snow
GCMD >> Location >> Canada
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