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GPM Poster and Classroom Activity

GPM Poster showing the GPM core observatory and constellation satellites

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Satellites, Remote Sensing, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Image

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C, ETS2.A

Keywords:

GPM Core Observatory, GPM Constellation, international partners, TRMM, JAXA

Summary:

This poster for the Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM) shows the GPM Core Observatory and constellation satellites on the front, and GPM information and educational activities on the back.

GPM Informational Lithograph

Front page of lithograph showing the GPM core

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Satellites, Remote Sensing, Societal Applications

Type:

Image

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C, ETS2.A

Keywords:

GPM Core Observatory, GPM Constellation, international partners, TRMM, JAXA

Summary:

An informational lithograph / handout which shows images of the GPM Core Observatory and constellation satellites, and explains the goals and methods of the GPM mission.

GPM Water Cycle Droplet Handout

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Hydrologic Cycle, Satellites, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Image

Audience:

Outreach, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C

Keywords:

GPM Core Observatory, transpiration, evaporation, groundwater

Summary:

Educational handout in the shape of a raindrop. The front shows a diagram of the water cycle, and the back has information about GPM and facts about water.

World Droughts From 2005 to 2009 Versus Where Crops are Grown

Primary Topic:

Societal Applications

Subtopics:

Data, Freshwater Resources, World Health

Type:

Image

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS3.A

Keywords:

drought, agriculture

Summary:

Using data from various satellites, these images show maps of the location of world droughts compared to where crops are grown.

Monitoring Floods and Fires During the Summer of 2011

Primary Topic:

Societal Applications

Subtopics:

Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Floods

Type:

Image

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS3.B, ESS3.C

Keywords:

storms, drought, floods, natural disasters, fires

Summary:

See Landsat images before and after these natural disasters.

Active and Passive Remote Sensing Diagram

Diagram which illustrates active and passive remote sensing

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Satellites, Remote Sensing

Type:

Image

Audience:

Informal, General, 6 - 8, 9 - 12

Keywords:

passive, active, radar, radiometer, frequency

Summary:

This diagram illustrates the differences between active and passive remote sensing. TRMM and GPM rely on active and passive instruments to measure the properties of precipitation from space.