GPM GMI First Light

  • Released Tuesday, March 25, 2014
  • Updated Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 5:16PM
  • ID: 11508

On March 10, the Core Observatory passed over an extra-tropical cyclone about 1055 miles (1700 kilometers) due east of Japan's Honshu Island. This visualization shows data from the GPM Microwave Imager, which observes different types of precipitation with 13 channels. Scientists analyze that data and then use it to calculate the light to heavy rain rates and falling snow within the storm.


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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center


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Datasets used in this visualization

GPM Brightness Temperature (Collected with the GMI sensor)
Observed Data

Credit: Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.

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GPM Rain Rates (A.K.A. Surface Precipitation) (Collected with the GMI sensor)

Credit: Data provided by the joint NASA/JAXA GPM mission.

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