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What We Don't Know about Snow - GCPEx

Instrument at GCPEx
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, General
Keywords: 
snowfall, field campaigns, algorithms, GCPEx, ground validation
Summary: 
GPM Deputy Project Scientist Gail Skofronick-Jackson discusses GPM's snowfall measurement capabilities and the challenges of measuring snow.

Create a Sphere with Precipitation Climatology

Thumbnail for the create a sphere resource
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Climate
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Outreach, General
Keywords: 
climatology, globe, TRMM data
Summary: 
An activity in which students will cut and fold paper to create a 3D sphere which displays precipitation climatology.

Water, Water, Everywhere!

Waves crashing on the rocks
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Earth Systems, Energy Cycle, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
water cycle, oceans, streams, climate
Summary: 
This video explains what the water cycle is and how important it is to life on earth.

Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar Arrives at Goddard

A NASA engineer removing the DPR from its shipping container
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Remote Sensing, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
DPR, radar, Goddard Space Flight Center, JAXA
Summary: 
Engineers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. oversee the arrival and unpacking of the dual-frequency Precipitation Radar.

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