Browse Tropical Cyclones Resources

Browse Tropical Cyclones Resources

GPM Scientists Answer Students' Questions About Global Precipitation

GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Precipitation, Earth Systems, Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Floods, Landslides
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Outreach, Informal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General
Standards: 
ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B
Keywords: 
GPM Core Observatory, IMERG
Summary: 
GPM Master Teachers and Pilot Teachers showed their students the data animation depicting six months of global precipitation, and asked their students to share their questions for NASA scientists about this new global portrait of rain and snow.

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.

Building for Hurricanes: Engineering Design Challenge

hurricane from space
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones
Type: 
Interactive
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, K - 5
Standards: 
ETS2.B
Keywords: 
engineering, hurricane damage, natural disasters
Summary: 
In this engineering design challenge, students build a tower to resist a simulated hurricane.

Hurricanes and Hot Towers with TRMM

Hurricanes and Hot Towers with TRMM
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Tropical Cyclones, Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data, Forecasting
Type: 
Lesson Plan
Audience: 
Formal, 6 - 8
Keywords: 
hot towers, TRMM
Summary: 
Students will think about their experiences with hurricanes and severe storms, then learn the basics of what causes hurricanes to form. Students will learn how hurricane prediction has progressed, and how satellites can help us understand storms.

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.

TRMM at 15: The Reign of Rain

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.

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'.

Real World: Hurricane Hunters

Real World: Hurricane Hunters
Primary Topic: 
Weather and Climate
Subtopics: 
Weather, Tropical Cyclones, STEM Careers, Forecasting
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.A, ESS3.B
Keywords: 
hurricane, temperature, air pressure
Summary: 
This NASA video segment focuses on how scientists use satellites to collect data. These sets of data are then analyzed and used to predict storms.

Where do Hurricanes get their Energy?

Where do Hurricanes get their Energy?
Primary Topic: 
Societal Applications
Subtopics: 
Weather and Climate, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle
Type: 
Video
Audience: 
Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8
Standards: 
ESS2.D, ESS3.B, ETS2.A
Keywords: 
extreme weather, hurricanes, tropical cyclones, satellites, latent heat
Summary: 
How do hurricanes get their energy? NASA hurricane scientist Dr. Jeff Halverson explains how hurricanes draw energy from the ocean surface.

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.

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