Browse GPM Core Observatory Resources

Audience:

Informal, 6 - 8

Standards:

ETS2.A

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GPM Core Observatory, TRMM, hurricanes

Summary:

GPM Application Science Lead, Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum, discusses how GPM observes hurricanes from space, as well as the formation process and properties of these hurricanes.

GPM Scientists Answer Students' Questions About Global Precipitation

GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.

Primary Topic:

Societal Applications

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Floods, Landslides

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GPM Core Observatory, IMERG

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

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ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B

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Summary:

GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.

GPM in a Minute

http://pmm.nasa.gov/extreme-weather/first-2015-tropical-storm-forms-eastern-pacific

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Satellites, Launch Vehicle, STEM Careers

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NASA Goddard, Tanegashima Space Center, engineering, testing, GPM Core Observatory

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A time-lapse video that shows the assembly and testing of the GPM Core Observatory satellite in one minute.

First Data from GPM

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11784

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Precipitation, Weather and Climate, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites, Data

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Audience:

Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS2.D, ESS3.D, ETS2.A

Keywords:

GPM Core Observatory, JAXA, GMI, DPR

Summary:

NASA and JAXA released the first images captured by their newest Earth-observing satellite, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, which launched into space Feb. 27, 2014.

GPM: Engineering Next Generation Observations of Rain and Snow

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Satellites, Launch Vehicle, STEM Careers

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GPM Core Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, engineering, testing, integration

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Overview of the engineering behind building and testing the GPM Core Observatory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

GPM Mission Brochure

Primary Topic:

Water & Life, Weather and Climate, Satellites, Societal Applications

Subtopics:

Water Cycle, Precipitation, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Societal Applications

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Article

Audience:

Outreach, General

Keywords:

GPM Core Observatory, DPR, GMI, mission ops

Summary:

This 17 page flyer provides an overview of the GPM Mission. It describes the technologies used to measure precipitation and the missions scientific goals and societal applications.

Our Wet Wide World (GPM Overview)

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Water Cycle

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Audience:

GPM Core Observatory, GPM Constellation, Goddard Space Flight Center

Standards:

ESS2.A

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This video, "Our Wet Wide World", provides an overview of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission and its goals.

GPM Takes a Spin on the High Capacity Centrifuge

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Satellites, Launch Vehicle, STEM Careers

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GPM Core Observatory, testing, integration, Goddard Space Flight Center

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The GPM Core Observatory being tested on the High Capacity Centrifuge at Goddard Space Flight Center.

GPM Core Observatory Enters Thermal Vacuum Chamber

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Satellites, STEM Careers

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