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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Science Mission Directorate, Earth Science Division has selected new projects from the 2018 Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team focus area solicitation. PMM projects focus on investigations related to satellite observations of precipitation using measurements from, but not limited to, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, GPM mission constellation partner spacecraft, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Specifically the PMM program supports three types of investigations: (1) The

Presentations Tuesday, June 9th Time Description Speaker(s) Download Introductions and Overview 8:30-8:45 Greetings and Workshop Purpose Lawrence Friedl, NASA HQ Download 8:45 – 8:55 Introduction to GPM Ramesh Kakar, GPM Program Scientist Download 8:55 - 9:15 GPM Mission Overview Gail Skofronick-Jackson, NASA GSFC Download 9:15 - 9:30 Remarks from JAXA Kinji Furukawa, Acting Project Manager of GPM/DPR, JAXA Download 9:30-10:00 TRMM and GPM Data Products George Huffman, Deputy Project Scientist, NASA GSFC Download 10:00-10:20 Discussion and Q&A All speakers N/A Science Advancements: TRMM to GPM

Download the Meeting Presentations GPM Applications Workshop Whitepaper Take the Workshop Feedback Survey June 9th - 10th, 2015: College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center 3501 University Blvd. East, Hyattsville, MD 20783 June 11th, 2015: Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center User Hands On Training Session Download the Workshop Agenda (.pdf) The NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) will hold the Second User Workshop on June 9-10th, 2015 at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in College Park, Maryland

Agenda August 1, 2017 Introductions and Overview 9:00 – 9:15 Greetings and Workshop Purpose NASA and WRI introduction and welcome 9:15 – 9:30 Introduction to NASA Food Security and Agriculture activities Danielle Wood, NASA 9:30 – 9:45 Introduction to GPM and Data Products Gail Skofronick-Jackson, NASA GSFC 9:45 – 10:00 JAXA’s GPM Agricultural Applications Hiroyuki "Hiro" Iwamoto, JAXA 10:00 – 10:15 Overview of WRI engagement with Earth Observation Data Janet Ranganathan, WRI 10:15 – 10:20 Discussion and Q&A All speakers Panel 1: Disaster Relief and Food Aid 10:40 – 10:45 Introduction to Panel

Co-hosted by GPM and the World Resources Institute Location: World Resources Institute, 10 G St NE #800, Washington, DC 20002 Date: August 1st, 2017 8:00am – 5:00pm Agenda: forthcoming View Meeting Files View Agenda (.pdf) All NASA civil servants and contractors must also register for this meeting in NCTS, Conference Code 30020-17 Workshop Description: This one-day workshop will focus on engaging the governmental and non-governmental organizations, public and private industry, academia, and other end users on how NASA precipitation and other water data can be used for agricultural applications

Post-meeting summary: Summary table highlighting workshop results and findings Dates: July 22-23rd, 2019 Location: Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 5825 University Research Ct suite 4001 College Park, MD 20740 Workshop Description: This two-day workshop will focus on current applications and future opportunities for NASA precipitation, cloud, and aerosol satellite data and products to support numerical weather prediction (NWP) and air quality forecasting activities. Hosted by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission

Direct Statistical Validation A GPM Ground Validation prototype is currently underway to compare TRMM satellite data to similar measurements from the national network of operational weather radars. The goal of the Validation Network is to identify and resolve significant discrepancies between the US national network of ground radar observations and satellite observations. The validation network prototype matches-up TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR, see below image) and quality-controlled NEXRAD reflectivity data (right) for 21 ground radar sites in the Southeastern United States. Conceptually, the