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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.

Hurricane / Tropical Cyclones: Technologies

Aerosounde aircraft
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Website
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Keywords: 
hurricanes, GPS, airborne science, altimitry
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Summary: 
This website explores the technologies used to study and understand tropical cyclones.

Towers in the Tempest

Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
hurricanes, hot towers, TRMM, low pressure
Summary: 
'Towers in the Tempest' is a 4.5 minute narrated animation that explains recent scientific insights into how hurricanes intensify. This intensification can be caused by a phenomenon called a 'hot tower'.

Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat

Temperature data showing difference between winter and summer.
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Earth Systems, Water & Life, Weather, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ESS3.A
Keywords: 
monsoons, India, temperature, windspeed, soil moisture, SMAP
Summary: 
The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before.

Societal Applications

Farmers in a field
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Type: 
Basic Page
Summary: 
Home page for the Societal Applications topic.

Unmanned NASA Storm Sentinels set for Hurricane Study

Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Keywords: 
airplane, aeronautics, UAV, sensors, hurricanes
Summary: 
NASA will dispatch two unmanned aircraft equipped with specialized instruments high above tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean basin. These "severe storm sentinels" will investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change.

Precious Freshness

Precious Freshness
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Earth Systems, Water & Life, Climate, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS3.A, ESS3.C
Keywords: 
water resources, water distribution, water conservation
Summary: 
Humans need freshwater for many purposes, but it's not evenly distributed across our planet, which can create challenges for many communities.

GPM Mentorship Program - Educator Track

Lisa Milana stands at the center of a classroom of students holding up GPM water cycle handouts.
Primary Topic: 
All Topics
Type: 
Basic Page
Summary: 
The GPM Mentorship Program – Educator Track is engaging with teachers and educators from kindergarten to high-school to provide them with resources to teach students about GPM, the water cycle, and Earths weather and climate.

GPM: Too Much, Too Little

GPM: Too Much, Too Little
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Water & Life, Floods, Landslides, Freshwater Resources
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
heavy rainfall, drought
Summary: 
Researchers need accurate and timely rainfall information to better understand and model where and when severe floods, frequent landslides and devastating droughts may occur, and GPM’s global rainfall data will help provide that information.

Freshwater Availability Classroom Activity

Graph showing the distribution of Earth's freshwater resources
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Water & Life, Remote Sensing, Freshwater Resources, World Health
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ESS3.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
groundwater, glaciers, saline, blue marble
Summary: 
This classroom activity (originally developed for the GPM Poster) will teach students about the value of Earth's freshwater resources and how important it is to study how water is transferred and stored.

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