Why Do Raindrop Sizes Matter In Storms?
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- Produced by:
- Joy Ng
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Complete transcript available.
This is a conceptual animation showing how the size and distribution of raindrops varies within a storm.
The animation travels from the top to the bottom of a storm. Blues and greens represent small raindrops that are 0.5-3mm in size. Yellows, oranges, and reds represent larger raindrops that are 4-6mm in size. A storm with a higher ratio of yellows, oranges, and reds will contain more water than a storm with a higher ratio of blues and greens.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab

This is a high-resolution conceptual image showing the distribution of different sized raindrops within a storm. Blues and greens represent raindrops between 0.5-3 mm in size and yellows, oranges, and reds represent raindrops between 4-6mm in size.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Conceptual Image Lab
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Music credits: Dusk On The Plains by B. Boston, Life Cycles by Theo Golding
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Animators
- Joy Ng (KBRwyle)
- Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle)
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Writer
- Kasha Patel (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Chris Kidd (University of Maryland)
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
- Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC)
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC)
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Interviewee
- Stephen J. Munchak (University of Maryland)
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Producers
- Joy Ng (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Support
- Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC)