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Size Matters: Measuring Raindrop Sizes from Space

Size Matters: NASA Measures Raindrop Sizes From Space to Understand Storms
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Water Properties, Technology, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.A
Keywords: 
DPR, radar, drop sizes, drop distribution
Summary: 
This video explains why the size and shape of raindrops in a cloud matters to scientists, and how the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission is able to provide these measurements from space.

Satellite Monitors Rain that Triggers Landslides

Landslide in the Philippine village of Guinsaugon,
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Remote Sensing, Floods, Landslides, World Health
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12
Standards: 
ESS3.B, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
heavy rain, tropics, landslide database, TRMM
Summary: 
This article explains how NASA scientists use TRMM satellite rainfall data to help predict and prepare for landslides.

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