Browse ground validation Resources

OLYMPEX Advanced Data Analysis Exercise

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Data, Societal Applications

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12

Standards:

ESS3.D

Keywords:

OLYMPEX, ground validation, data analysis, graphing

Summary:

This data exercise has students look up precipitation ground data and satellite data for a site in Washington State and do a comparison using a data table and a graph. The activity is expected to take about 45 minutes.

Ground Validation and OLYMPEX Webquest – Elementary Version

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Water Properties, STEM Careers, Data, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Formal, K - 5

Standards:

ESS2.A, ESS2.D

Keywords:

OLYMPEX, ground validation, rain gauge, radar, airborne instruments, rain shadow

Summary:

You will learn how we measure rain and snow from the ground and from space using satellites, and why we need to check the data using ground validation. This particularly relates to the OLYMPEX Field Campaign.

Ground Validation and OLYMPEX Webquest

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Data, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8

Standards:

ESS2.C, ESS2.D

Keywords:

OLYMPEX, ground validation, rain gauge, radar, airborne instruments

Summary:

You will learn how we measure precipitation from the ground and from space using satellites, and why we need to do ground validation of the satellite data. You will also learn about the OLYMPEX Field Campaign.

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

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.