Researchers Gear Up For OLYMPEX
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- Dalia B Kirschbaum and
- Walt A. Petersen
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From November 10 through December 21, NASA and university scientists are taking to the field to study wet winter weather near Seattle, Washington. With weather radars, weather balloons, specialized ground instruments, and NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory, the science team will be verifying rain and snowfall observations made by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission on a NASA-led field campaign, The Olympic Mountain Experiment, or OLYMPEX.
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Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Writer
- Ellen T. Gray (NASA/HQ)
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Scientists
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Walt A. Petersen (NASA/GSFC Wallops) [Lead]
- David B. Wolff (NASA/WFF)
- Joe Zagrodnik (University of Washington)
- Matt Wingo (University of Alabama Huntsville)
- Patrick Gatlin (NASA/MSFC)
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Producer
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographer
- Steve S. Parcel (Arcata)
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Support
- Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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