Browse Remote Sensing Resources

Browse Remote Sensing Resources

GPM Gets Flake-y

GPM Project Scientist Gail Skofronick-Jackson explains why all snowflakes have six sides and how the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission can measure falling snow from space.
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Water Properties, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, K - 5, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
snowflakes, snow
Summary: 
GPM Project Scientist Gail Skofronick-Jackson explains why all snowflakes have six sides and how the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission can measure falling snow from space.

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.

OLYMPEX Advanced Data Analysis Exercise

OLYMPEX Advanced Data Analysis Exercise
Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers, Data, Societal Applications
Type: 
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

Primary Topic: 
Technology
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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Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Water Cycle, Precipitation, Weather, Climate, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
active sensing, passive sensing
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

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.

Identifying Landforms and Bodies of Water on a Map

Identifying Landforms and Bodies of Water on a Map
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Remote Sensing, Data, Societal Applications
Type: 
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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Primary Topic: 
Technology
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D
Keywords: 
global rain map, data processing, constellation
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

Magnifying glass over a globe.
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Weather, Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Article
Audience: 
Outreach, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
rain gauge, GPM instruments, GPM Microwave Imager, Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar, measuring precipitation
Summary: 
Read about why we need to measure precipitation from space, instead of relying solely on ground-based measurements.

The Anatomy of a Raindrop

The Anatomy of a Raindrop
Primary Topic: 
Water Cycle
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Water Properties, Remote Sensing
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C
Keywords: 
rain, raindrops, drop size, drop distribution, microphysics
Summary: 
Contrary to popular belief, raindrops are not tear shaped and are actually shaped like the top of a hamburger bun, round on the top and flat on the bottom. This new video from GPM explains why.

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