About Precipitation Education

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a “Core” satellite carrying advanced instruments that will set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space. The data they provide will be used to unify precipitation measurements made by an international network of partner satellites to quantify when, where, and how much it rains or snows around the world.

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a “Core” satellite carrying advanced instruments that will set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space. The data they provide will be used to unify precipitation measurements made by an international network of partner satellites to quantify when, where, and how much it rains or snows around the world.

• Improved knowledge of Earth’s water cycle
• New insights into storm structures.
• New insights into precipitation microphysics.
• Advanced understanding of climate change.