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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.
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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.
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Video Description: 

GPM Project Scientist Gail Skofronick-Jackson explains why all snowflakes have six sides and how the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission can help improve numerical weather predictions of snowfall by measuring the size and shape distribution of snow particles, layer by layer, in a storm.

Source: 

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12507

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NASA SVS