Browse field campaigns Resources

Browse field campaigns Resources

Faces of GPM: Professor Steve Nesbitt, GPM Ground Validation Scientist

Faces of GPM with Steve Nesbitt
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
snow, GCPEx, Canada, Faces of GPM, careers, ground validation, field campaigns
Summary: 
Profile of Steve Nesbitt, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois and a mission scientist on GPM ground validation field campaigns.

GCPEx Snow Campaign Wrap-Up

GCPEx logo on a snowy background
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
snowfall, field campaigns, algorithms, GCPEx, ground validation, Ontario
Summary: 
A summary of the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment, which took place in January and February 2012 in Ontario, Canada.

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.