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With GPM’s three-dimensional snapshots of drop size distribution, scientists can gain insight into the structure of a storm and how it will behave.", "items": [ { "id": 270933, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": null, "instance": { "id": 425552, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012100/a012182/SatCloud.gif", "filename": "SatCloud.gif", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A GIF optimized for posting on Twitter.With GPM’s three-dimensional snapshots of drop size distribution, scientists can gain insight into the structure of a storm and how it will behave.", "width": 500, "height": 281, "pixels": 140500 } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 334416, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12182/#media_group_334416", "widget": "Single image", "title": "", "caption": "", "description": "A GIF optimized for posting on Twitter.
In the mid-latitudes, raindrops can originate from snowflakes, allowing them to melt into bigger raindrops compared to the tropics.", "items": [ { "id": 270934, "type": "media", "extra_data": null, "title": null, "caption": null, "instance": { "id": 425553, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012100/a012182/BigSmall.gif", "filename": "BigSmall.gif", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A GIF optimized for posting on Twitter.In the mid-latitudes, raindrops can originate from snowflakes, allowing them to melt into bigger raindrops compared to the tropics.", "width": 500, "height": 281, "pixels": 140500 } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 334417, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12182/#media_group_334417", "widget": "Basic text", "title": "For More Information", "caption": "", "description": "See the following sources:\n\n* [NASA.gov Article](http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/size-matters-nasa-measures-raindrop-sizes-from-space-to-understand-storms)\n* [pmm.nasa.gov](pmm.nasa.gov)", "items": [], "extra_data": {} } ], "studio": "gms", "funding_sources": [ "PAO" ], "credits": [ { "role": "Scientist", "people": [ { "name": "Gail Skofronick Jackson", "employer": "NASA/GSFC" }, { "name": "George Huffman", "employer": "NASA/GSFC" }, { "name": "Dalia B Kirschbaum", "employer": "NASA/GSFC" }, { "name": "Chris Kidd", "employer": "University of Maryland" } ] }, { "role": "Interviewee", "people": [ { "name": "Stephen J. 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A dual-frequency precipitation radar and a microwave imager scan storm clouds from the GPM satellite, 250 miles above the earth. 2. The smallest rain droplets, indicated here in blue, are about half a millimeter in diameter, or two one-hundredths of an inch across. The updrafts in clouds blow these lightweight drops to the upper regions of the storm clouds. 3. The heavier large rain droplets, indicated here in orange, fall to the lower regions of the clouds.These droplets are about 5 millimeters or about 3/16 inches in diameter. 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