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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.

Faces of GPM: Professor Steve Nesbitt, GPM Ground Validation Scientist

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.

Rain Gauge Activity

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Water Cycle, Precipitation, Water Properties, Data, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Lesson Plan

Audience:

Outreach, Formal, 6 - 8, K - 5

Standards:

ESS2.C, ESS2.D

Keywords:

rain gauge, measurement, engineering

Summary:

In this hands-on inquiry-based activity, students face an engineering challenge based on real-world applications. They are tasked with developing a tool they can use to measure the amount of rain that falls each day.

Floods iQuest

Primary Topic:

Societal Applications

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather, Societal Applications, Floods

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Formal, 6 - 8

Standards:

ESS2.C, ESS3.B, ESS3.D

Keywords:

floods, field campaign, natural disasters

Summary:

This is an introductory lesson to acquaint middle school students to many aspects of a serious and common natural disaster; flooding. Students will be directed to visit websites where they will interact with various types of media.

GPM: The Fresh(water) Connection

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Water & Life, Satellites, Societal Applications, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Video

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C

Keywords:

GPM Core Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center

Summary:

In this promotional video NASA scientists discuss why it is so important to study and track Earth's freshwater resources, and explain the purpose of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission.

Precipitation Education

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Type:

Basic Page

Summary:

Home page of the Precipitation Education website.

Geographical Influences

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Climate, Data

Type:

Lesson Plan

Audience:

Formal, 6 - 8

Standards:

ESS2.D

Keywords:

geography, mountains, rain shadow, climatogram, elevation

Summary:

Students will compare temperature and precipitation graphs for various U.S. locations to look for patterns in geographical influence on climate, then collect data for a location of their choice and create their own climatogram.

GCPEx Snow Campaign Wrap-Up

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather

Type:

Video

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12

Standards:

ESS2.A

Keywords:

snowfall, field campaigns, algorithms, GCPEx, ground validation, Ontario

Summary:

A summary of the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment, which took place in January and February 2012 in Ontario, Canada.

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.