Browse Remote Sensing Resources

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Water Properties, Technology, Remote Sensing

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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.

OLYMPEX Advanced Data Analysis Exercise

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Subtopics:

Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Data, Societal Applications

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Interactive

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12

Standards:

ESS3.D

Keywords:

OLYMPEX, ground validation, data analysis, graphing

Summary:

This data exercise has students look up precipitation ground data and satellite data for a site in Washington State and do a comparison using a data table and a graph. The activity is expected to take about 45 minutes.

Ground Validation and OLYMPEX Webquest

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Subtopics:

Precipitation, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Data, Freshwater Resources

Type:

Interactive

Audience:

Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8

Standards:

ESS2.C, ESS2.D

Keywords:

OLYMPEX, ground validation, rain gauge, radar, airborne instruments

Summary:

You will learn how we measure precipitation from the ground and from space using satellites, and why we need to do ground validation of the satellite data. You will also learn about the OLYMPEX Field Campaign.

Water Falls: Getting the Big Picture

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Subtopics:

Water Cycle, Precipitation, Weather, Climate, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data

Type:

active sensing, passive sensing

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS2.D, ETS2.A

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Summary:

The second spinoff video for the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls." This video looks at the uses and advantages of remote sensing.

GPM's First Global Rainfall and Snowfall Map

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, Data

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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.

Identifying Landforms and Bodies of Water on a Map

Primary Topic:

Remote Sensing, Data, Societal Applications

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Lesson Plan

Audience:

Formal, K - 5

Standards:

ESS2.C

Keywords:

landforms, maps, bodies of water

Summary:

The purpose of this lesson is to expose elementary level students to the practice of “developing and using models” as students explore and identify landforms and bodies of water on a map of the world. It is anticipated that this lesson will take one hour.

The Data Downpour

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Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data

Type:

global rain map, data processing, constellation

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS2.C, ESS2.D

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Summary:

A video describing how the GPM constellation turns observed radiances and reflectivities of global precipitation into data products.

Examining Precipitation on a Globe of Blue

Primary Topic:

rain gauge, GPM instruments, GPM Microwave Imager, Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar, measuring precipitation

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather, Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing

Type:

Article

Audience:

Outreach, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS2.C

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Summary:

Read about why we need to measure precipitation from space, instead of relying solely on ground-based measurements.

The Anatomy of a Raindrop

Primary Topic:

Precipitation, Water Properties, Remote Sensing

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