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Faces of GPM: Engineers

Faces of GPM: Engineers
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS3.B, ESS3.D
Keywords: 
Goddard Space Flight Center, integration and testing, engineers
Summary: 
Interview with several key engineers who help build and test the GPM Core Observatory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

GPM Takes a Spin on the High Capacity Centrifuge

GPM Core on the Centrifuge at Goddard
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Launch Vehicle, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, testing, integration, Goddard Space Flight Center
Summary: 
The GPM Core Observatory being tested on the High Capacity Centrifuge at Goddard Space Flight Center.

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.

GPM Launch Animation

GPM Launch Animation
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, Remote Sensing, Launch Vehicle
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ETS2.A
Keywords: 
rockets, Japan, JAXA, deployment, H-IIA
Summary: 
This animation shows the launch and deployment of the GPM Core Observatory. GPM is scheduled to launch in 2014 on an H-IIA rocket in Japan.

GPM Core Observatory Enters Thermal Vacuum Chamber

GPM Core Observatory Enters Thermal Vacuum Chamber
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Satellites, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, testing, thermal vacuum chamber
Summary: 
Watch the GPM Core Observatory being lowered into the Thermal Vacuum Chamber, which simulates the harsh conditions of space. Includes neat facts about GPM and the testing process.

TRMM at 15: The Reign of Rain

TRMM at 15: The Reign of Rain
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
TRMM, the tropics
Summary: 
This video celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Project Scientist Scott Braun looks back at TRMM's legacy and a few of the major scientific milestones the satellite has helped achieved.

Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Earth Systems, Weather and Climate, Energy Cycle, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Website
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, General
Keywords: 
energy budget, electromagnetic spectrum, microwaves, infrared
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS3.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Summary: 
Welcome to the Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. This unique NASA resource on the web, in print, and with companion videos introduces electromagnetic waves, their behaviors, and how scientists visualize these data.

The GLOBE Earth System Poster Learning Activities

Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.D, ESS3.C, ESS3.D, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
climate change, cloud coverage, global data sets, models, infrared radiation
Summary: 
The activities in this guide will help students understand variations in environmental parameters by examining connections among different phenomena measured on local, regional and global scales.

Satellite Meteorology Learning Modules

Satellite Meteorology Learning Modules
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Satellites, Societal Applications, Forecasting
Type: 
Website
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Keywords: 
meteorology, electromagnetic radiation, clouds, NPP, GOES, winds
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ESS3.B, ESS3.C, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Summary: 
Satellite Meteorology learning modules provide scientists and educators with exciting activities and hands-on tools for investigation, inquiry, analysis and stewardship.

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.

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