GPM Looks Inside a Snow Storm

Credits

• Animator

  • Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]

• Writer

  • Ellen T. Gray (NASA/HQ)

• Video editor

  • Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Scientists

  • Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC)
  • George Huffman (NASA/GSFC)

• Producer

  • Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

• Narrator

  • Rob Gutro (NASA/GSFC)

• Project support

  • Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

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