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A pair of powerful atmospheric river events brought heavy precipitation across much of coastal California this week, resulting in record rainfall totals, extensive flooding, numerous landslides, hurricane-force winds, and power outages. These types of atmospheric river events that impact the U.S. West Coast are also known as the “Pineapple Express” due to their transport of moisture up from the Tropics originating around Hawaii. The first event had the greatest impact on northern and central California. It was initiated when a large low-pressure trough located in the northeast Pacific

In mid-December 2023, the far north region of Australia’s Queensland state experienced heavy precipitation and flooding as a result of Tropical Cyclone Jasper, which made landfall on December 13 north of the town of Port Douglas. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center began issuing bulletins on Jasper on December 5 as it developed into a tropical depression over the Western South Pacific Ocean. By December 7, Jasper had strengthened to a Category 4-equivalent cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson scale as it tracked southwestward. By the time it made landfall on December 13, Jasper’s winds had weakened back

February 8, 2024, 8 p.m. ET Overview In the first webinar of our series we will introduce you to the GPM mission and some of the key GPM team members who have been critical to its success. Our current Project Scientist George Huffman will provide an overview of the missions’ science objectives and discuss a few of GPM’s achievements over the past 10 years. Candace Carlisle, who served as GPM’s Deputy Project Manager through launch and check-out, will talk about the engineering behind the GPM mission and share a few of her experiences. Former GPM Project Scientist Scott Braun will explore GPM’s

Mentors Aaron Funk Ali Tokay Andrea Portier Amita Mehta Andrey Savtchenko Ankita Pradhan Ardeshir Ebtehaj Becky Adams-Selin Chuntao Liu Courtney Schumacher Ibrahim N. Mohammed Jackson Tan Joe Turk Linda Bogerd Lisa Milani Marcelo Uriburu Quirno Mei Han Mircea Grecu Pierre Kirstetter Sarah Ringerud Vasco Mantas Yagmur Derin Zhong Liu Aaron Funk Affiliation: Texas A&M University, Texas, USA Project Mentees: Clara Avila Dea Permata; Kaman Ghimire Why are you participating in this program as a mentor? I enjoy sharing any knowledge I've gained throughout my career with others, so the GPM Mentorship