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GPM's First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map

GPM's First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
global, rain, snow, data processing, GPM Constellation, IMERG
Summary: 
GPM Project Scientist Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson and Deputy Project Scientist Dr. George Huffman narrate a look at the new GPM IMERG global dataset.

Hurricane Katrina: A Problem-Based Learning Module

Hurricane Katrina: A Problem-Based Learning Module
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Climate, Societal Applications
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Keywords: 
hurricanes, severe weather, climate change
Summary: 
In this activity, students are tasked with conducting an Earth systems analysis of Hurricane Katrina that will help answer the question "Is global warming causing an increase in hurricane frequency and intensity?"

NASA S'COOL: Students' Cloud Observations On-Line

Icon for s'cool
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Hydrologic Cycle, Weather and Climate, Weather
Type: 
Website
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, K - 5, General
Keywords: 
clouds, atmosphere, water vapor, evaporation, condensation, CERES
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D
Summary: 
The S'COOL Project involves students (ages 5 - 20+) in real science, making and reporting ground truth observations of clouds to assist in the validation of NASA's CERES satellite instruments. Includes lesson plans and other related materials.

Beautiful Earth: Hurricanes

Beautiful Earth: Hurricanes
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Forecasting
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ETS2.A
Keywords: 
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.

Water Falls Post-Visit Lesson

Satellite image of Hurricane Guillaume
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Earth Systems, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
rain gauges, hot towers, natural hazards
Summary: 
In this lesson, students will learn about hurricanes as a natural hazard. They will learn about technologies that have been developed to mitigate their devastating effects.

First Data from GPM

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11784
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather and Climate, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites, Data
Type: 
Video
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: Hurricanes Beyond the Tropics

Screenshot of Irene
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, Societal Applications, Floods
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.B
Keywords: 
hurricanes, Goddard Space Flight Center, extreme weather
Summary: 
Hurricane Irene's impact in New England shows that tropical cyclones can greatly affect regions outside the view of TRMM. The GPM mission will build upon TRMM's legacy by examining a larger swath of Earth with more sensitive instruments.

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'.

How do Hurricanes Form?

Diagram of Hurricane formation.
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
hurricanes, typhoons, hot towers, low pressure, cumulonimbus
Summary: 
Hurricanes are the most awesome, violent storms on Earth. People call these storms by other names, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where they occur. Whatever they are called, tropical cyclones all form the same way.

Frequently Asked Questions

GPM logo
Primary Topic: 
All Topics
Type: 
Basic Page
Summary: 
A list of frequently asked questions about precipitation.

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