Global Precipitation Measurement

An animation of the most currently available global precipitation data from IMERG. || imergert_1080p_30_print.jpg (1024x576) [272.5 KB] || imergert_1080p_30_print_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || imergert_1080p_30_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.1 KB] || imergert_1080p_30.mp4 (1920x1080) [26.9 MB] || flatcomposite (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || imergert_1080p_30.webm (1920x1080) [2.6 MB] || flatalpha (3600x1800) [64.0 KB] || flatcomposite (3600x1800) [64.0 KB] || flatdates (343x63) [64.0 KB] ||

2022 Atlantic hurricane season. || hurr2022_v6.8800_print.jpg (1024x1024) [452.1 KB] || hurr2022_v6.8800_searchweb.png (320x180) [126.2 KB] || hurr2022_v6.8800_thm.png (80x40) [8.2 KB] || hurr2022_v6_2160p30.mp4 (2160x2160) [1.4 GB] || frames/2160x2160_1x1_30p/ (2160x2160) [512.0 KB] || hurr2022_v6_2160p30.webm (2160x2160) [107.7 MB] ||

This data visualization shows hurricane tracks over clouds over precipitation over sea surface temperatures from May 1 through September 30^th, 2021. This presentation was created for the COP 26 Conference. || hurr2021_4k_comp.4991_print.jpg (1024x576) [337.4 KB] || hurr2021_4k_comp.4991_searchweb.png (320x180) [123.6 KB] || hurr2021_4k_comp.4991_thm.png (80x40) [17.6 KB] || hurr2021_comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [489.6 MB] || hurr2021_comp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [29.0 MB] || hurr2021_comp_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.7 GB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/composite/ (3840x2160) [512.0 KB] ||

Data visualization of the 2020 Hurricane Season. Starts on May 1, 2020 just showing Sea Surface Temperatures and cloud cover. Precipitation data then dissolves in as hurricanes are tracked throughout 2020. Hurricane tracks include Hurricane strengths depicted with the letter "T" for Tropical Storm and numbers for each storm's respective strength. The visualization then culminates by showing all the storm tracks at once.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || hurr2020_4k_comp.7968_print.jpg (1024x576) [248.0 KB] || hurr2020_4k_comp.7968_searchweb.png (320x180) [93.7 KB] || hurr2020_4k_comp.7968_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/Example_Composite/ (1920x1080) [512.0 KB] || hurr2020_comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [637.6 MB] || hurr2020_4k_comp_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.6 GB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/Example_Composite/ (3840x2160) [768.0 KB] || hurr2020_4k_comp_2160p30.webm (3840x2160) [167.6 MB] || captions_silent.30824.en_US.srt [43 bytes] ||

2017 Atlantic Hurricane season storm tracks with IMERG precipitation and GOES clouds (01 Aug 2017 to 31 Oct 2017) || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_searchweb.png (320x180) [111.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/atlantic/ (1920x1080) [512.0 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [504.9 MB] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.webm (1920x1080) [28.1 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/ (3840x2160) [512.0 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.5 GB] || hurricane_tracks2017_640x360p30.mp4 (640x360) [78.6 MB] ||

Hurricane Otis on October 24, 2023 at 12:41Z as it approached Mexico, prior to intensifying into the first recorded Category 5 hurricane to hit the Mexican Pacific coast. || Otis_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [230.4 KB] || Otis_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [111.8 KB] || Otis_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.5 KB] || Otis_001_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [56.9 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || Otis_001_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.7 MB] ||

Hurricane Idalia on it's approach to Florida on August 30, 2023 at 3:41Z. || Idalia_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [270.1 KB] || Idalia_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [118.4 KB] || Idalia_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.7 KB] || Idalia_001_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [54.2 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || Idalia_001_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.9 MB] ||

Typhoon Bolaven on October 10, 2023 at 13:11Z. || Bolaven_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [291.1 KB] || Bolaven_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [120.9 KB] || Bolaven_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.7 KB] || Bolaven_001_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [73.7 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Bolaven_001_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.9 MB] ||

Hurricane Franklin in the Atlantic on August 29, 2023 at 2:41Z || Franklin_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [237.7 KB] || Franklin_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [108.1 KB] || Franklin_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.4 KB] || Franklin_001_1080p30_2.mp4 (1920x1080) [52.4 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Franklin_001_1080p30_2.webm (1920x1080) [5.7 MB] ||

Typhoon Khanun on July 31, 2023 at 21:41Z on it's approach to Japan. || Khanun_001.2200_print.jpg (1024x576) [255.7 KB] || Khanun_001.2200_searchweb.png (320x180) [132.2 KB] || Khanun_001.2200_thm.png (80x40) [8.6 KB] || Khanun_001_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [95.3 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || Khanun_001_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.3 MB] ||

Hurricane Calvin on July 15, 2023 at approximately 8:45 UTC. as it continues to move toward the Hawaiian Islands. || Calvin_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [221.9 KB] || Calvin_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [109.1 KB] || Calvin_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.5 KB] || Calvin_001_1080p30_2.mp4 (1920x1080) [70.9 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || Calvin_001_1080p30_2.webm (1920x1080) [5.9 MB] ||

Typhoon Mawar captured on May 22, 2023 at 7:18Z. || Mawar_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [271.5 KB] || Mawar_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [114.4 KB] || Mawar_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.4 KB] || Mawar_001_1080p30_2.mp4 (1920x1080) [94.5 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || Mawar_001_1080p30_2.webm (1920x1080) [6.3 MB] ||

Tropical Cyclone Freddy first made landfall along the east coast of Madagascar just north of the town of Mananjary on Feb. 21, 2023, as a Category 3 cyclone with average winds reported at ~81 mph (130 km/h) and gusts up to ~112 mph (180 km/h). After crossing over Madagascar Freddy continued westward over the Mozambique Channel before making landfall again along the east coast of Mozambique just south of Vilankulos as a moderate tropical storm with sustained winds estimated at 50 mph. Despite being weaker at landfall, Freddy caused widespread flooding across parts of Mozambique due to the storm stalling out near the coast after making landfall. Incredibly, Freddy drifted back out over the Mozambique Channel, nearly making landfall along the southwest coast of Madagascar. It then changed direction, re-intensified, weakened, re-intensified one last time, and made landfall once again on March 11 near Quelimane, Mozambique, as a Category 1 cyclone with sustained winds reported at 90 mph. Meteorologically, Freddy has been a remarkable storm, becoming the longest-lived tropical cyclone in recorded history, lasting over five weeks. Freddy originated from a weak area of low pressure that was embedded in a monsoon trough of low pressure stretching east-west across the Timor Sea between northern Australia and southern Indonesia. On Feb 6, 15 days before it would make its first landfall in Madagascar, both the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported the formation of Tropical Cyclone Freddy about 420 miles northwest of the northwest coast of Australia. In a rare but not unprecedented event, Freddy tracked across the entire Indian Ocean from east to west in almost a straight line with very little deviation in latitude. Along the way, Freddy underwent four separate rapid intensification cycles, the first southern hemisphere storm in history to do so. After hitting Mozambique the first time and re-emerging back over the Mozambique Channel, Freddy underwent at two additional rapid intensification cycles resulting from the competing effects of warm water, wind shear and dry air. Freddy was also the first storm to the reach the equivalent of Category 5 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale for 2023. In addition to being the longest-lived tropical cyclone in recorded history, Freddy set the record for having the highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of any storm in history. ACE is an index used to measure the total amount of wind energy associated with a tropical cyclone over its lifetime. NASA’s IMERG satellite precipitation product is ideal for monitoring and studying tropical cyclones around the world, especially over the open ocean where ground-based observations are sparse. IMERG uses precipitation estimates from a constellation of satellites united by the GPM Core Observatory to generate maps of global precipitation updated every 30 minutes in near real-time. The above animation shows IMERG surface rainfall estimates associated with the passage of Tropical Cyclone Freddy across the Indian Ocean as well as Freddy’s corresponding track and intensity. The animation begins at on Feb. 6, 2023, just before Freddy is about to form northwest of Australia. Over the course of the storm’s history, IMERG reveals a variety of precipitation features and trends that relate closely to the variations in Freddy’s intensity. Tropical cyclones derive their energy from latent heating, which comes primarily from cloud condensation. Although essentially undetectable directly, the most significant latent heat release occurs within deep convective towers, which are associated with high cold cloud tops and areas of heavy rain at the surface. The IMERG animation illustrates this association between increased surface rain intensity and storm intensity - whenever Freddy undergoes a period of intensification, it is preceded by an increase in heavy rain. However, for the storm to really respond to the latent heating, that heating must occur near the storm’s center. For example, IMERG shows heavier rain on Feb. 8, but it is too far north of the center, and Freddy continues to weaken. Conversely, an absence of heavy rain near the center typically causes the storm to weaken. IMERG is also able to broadly resolve Freddy’s structure over the course of its lifetime, ranging from a highly asymmetrical rain field with most of the rain located on one side of the center, which occurs when the storm is weak or undergoing wind shear, to symmetrical when the storm is stronger, to having a full eye when the storm has an intense and well-developed circulation. The end of the animation shows the total estimated rainfall for the entire period. IMERG shows that although heavy rain near the core of the storm is key to the storm maintaining or increasing in intensity, the highest overall rainfall totals are much more closely correlated to slow storm speed as evidenced by the extreme rainfall totals over Mozambique despite Freddy having weakened to a tropical storm. Here Freddy essentially stalls out for several days (Feb. 24 to March 2), allowing a sizeable portion of the storm’s circulation to remain over the warm waters of the Mozambique Channel and rainbands to continuously form and move inland. The result is rainfall totals on the order of ~16 to 31 inches (~400 to 800 mm, shown in purple) over parts of southern Mozambique and along the coast. Peak rainfall totals over Madagascar, where Freddy moved steadily across the island, are on the order of ~16 inches (400 mm). According to the latest media reports Freddy has been responsible for over 300 deaths in Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi, and has caused widespread damage throughout these regions.

2022 Atlantic hurricane season. || hurr2022_v6.8800_print.jpg (1024x1024) [452.1 KB] || hurr2022_v6.8800_searchweb.png (320x180) [126.2 KB] || hurr2022_v6.8800_thm.png (80x40) [8.2 KB] || hurr2022_v6_2160p30.mp4 (2160x2160) [1.4 GB] || frames/2160x2160_1x1_30p/ (2160x2160) [512.0 KB] || hurr2022_v6_2160p30.webm (2160x2160) [107.7 MB] ||

Tropical Storm Nicole at approxiately 16:30Z on November 10, 2022. Earlier that same day, Nicole made landfall on the eastern Florida coast as a category 1 hurricane. || nichole_v5.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [235.5 KB] || nichole_v5.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [111.3 KB] || nichole_v5.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || nichole_v5_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [49.0 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || nichole_v5_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.8 MB] ||

Hurricane Ian off the Cuban Coast on September 26, 2022 at 20:29Z. || Ian0926_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [277.8 KB] || Ian0926_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [128.0 KB] || Ian0926_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.8 KB] || Ian0926_001_1080p30_3.mp4 (1920x1080) [74.2 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Ian0926_001_1080p30_3.webm (1920x1080) [5.9 MB] ||

Hurricane Fiona west of Bermuda on September 23, 2022 at 6:06 UTC. || Fiona0923L_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [285.1 KB] || Fiona0923L_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [114.1 KB] || Fiona0923L_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.5 KB] || Fiona0923L_001_1080p30_2.mp4 (1920x1080) [84.7 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Fiona0923L_001_1080p30_2.webm (1920x1080) [6.3 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/ (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] || Fiona0923L_4K_2160p60.mp4 (3840x2160) [399.3 MB] ||

Typhoon Nanmadol as it approaches Japan on September 16, 2022. || Nanmadol_001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [250.0 KB] || Nanmadol_001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [123.7 KB] || Nanmadol_001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.7 KB] || Nanmadol_001_1080p30_4.mp4 (1920x1080) [79.2 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Nanmadol_001_1080p30_4.webm (1920x1080) [6.0 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_60p/ (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] ||

This data visualization shows hurricane tracks over clouds over precipitation over sea surface temperatures from May 1 through September 30^th, 2021. This presentation was created for the COP 26 Conference. || hurr2021_4k_comp.4991_print.jpg (1024x576) [337.4 KB] || hurr2021_4k_comp.4991_searchweb.png (320x180) [123.6 KB] || hurr2021_4k_comp.4991_thm.png (80x40) [17.6 KB] || hurr2021_comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [489.6 MB] || hurr2021_comp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [29.0 MB] || hurr2021_comp_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.7 GB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/composite/ (3840x2160) [512.0 KB] ||

This data visualization depicts Hurricane Nicholas on September 14, 2021 several hours after making landfall along the Northern Gulf coast. Although Nicholas was not a powerful or long-lived hurricane, it did bring several inches of rain to a region that had recently been hit by powerful Hurricane Ida two weeks prior. || nicholas1_001.2400_print.jpg (1024x576) [213.8 KB] || nicholas1_001.2400_searchweb.png (320x180) [115.5 KB] || nicholas1_001.2400_thm.png (80x40) [8.4 KB] || nicholas1_001_1080p30_4.mp4 (1920x1080) [61.4 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || nicholas1_001_1080p30_4.webm (1920x1080) [6.9 MB] ||

Hurricane Ida off the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane on the morning of Sunday, August 29^th at 10:13am (CDT) right before making landfall. This animation varies from the previous (#4932) by flying down to the left side of the storm and only peeling back the layers of volumetric DPR data up to the eye. The camera then flies up to get a straight down bird's eye view of the structure. Doing so allows us to see the multiple bands that extend outside of the inner eye wall. || ida2001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [238.8 KB] || ida2001.4300_searchweb.png (180x320) [123.5 KB] || ida2001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.8 KB] || ida2001_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [95.4 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || ida2001_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.2 MB] ||

Hurricane Ida off the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane on the morning of Sunday, August 29^th at 10:13am (CDT) right before making landfall. || ida001.2300_print.jpg (1024x576) [221.2 KB] || ida001.2300_searchweb.png (320x180) [121.6 KB] || ida001.2300_thm.png (80x40) [8.2 KB] || ida001_1080p30_4.mp4 (1920x1080) [69.1 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || ida001_1080p30_4.webm (1920x1080) [6.6 MB] ||

This data visualization shows Tropical Storm Fred as it makes landfall on August 16 along the Florida panhandle and then follows it inland on August 17 as it soaked the Alabama Georgia border. || TS_Fred_Comp.2955_print.jpg (1024x576) [270.2 KB] || TS_Fred_Comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [102.0 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/Composite/ (1920x1080) [256.0 KB] || TS_Fred_Comp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [11.8 MB] ||

Tropical Storm Nepartak was seen off the coast of Japan on July 27, 2021 while the Olympics were being held in nearby Tokyo. || nepartak001.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.9 KB] || nepartak001.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [109.0 KB] || nepartak001.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.4 KB] || nepartak001_1080p30_2.mp4 (1920x1080) [57.7 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [256.0 KB] || nepartak001_1080p30_2.webm (1920x1080) [10.9 MB] ||

Snapshot view of 3D precipitation from DPR and surface rain rates (mm/hr) from GMI at 10:41 UTC (6:41 am EDT) 4 September 2019 when the center of Dorian was near the coast of central Florida about 90 miles due east of Daytona Beach.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || dorian2__cam_dorianShape2_beauty.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.7 KB] || dorian2__cam_dorianShape2_beauty.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [116.1 KB] || dorian2__cam_dorianShape2_beauty.4300_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || dorian2__cam_dorianShape2_beauty.mp4 (1920x1080) [123.3 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || dorian2__cam_dorianShape2_beauty.webm (1920x1080) [6.8 MB] || captions_silent.27948.en_US.srt [43 bytes] ||

Hurricane Dorian on September 1, 2019 (21:22 UTC) over Abaco Island in The BahamasThis video is also available on our YouTube channel. || dorian_08.2400_print.jpg (1024x576) [144.6 KB] || dorian_08.2400_searchweb.png (320x180) [121.2 KB] || dorian_08.2400_thm.png (80x40) [8.7 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/dorian/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || dorian_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [72.2 MB] || dorian_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.2 MB] || captions_silent.27911.en_US.srt [43 bytes] ||

Music: "CSI," Anthony Edward Phillips, Atmosphere Music, Ltd.Complete transcript available. || Yutu_thumb_print.jpg (1024x575) [147.6 KB] || Yutu_thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [104.2 KB] || Yutu_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || 13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu_prores.mov (1920x1080) [1.3 GB] || 13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu_prores.webm (1920x1080) [10.2 MB] || FACEBOOK_720_13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [108.4 MB] || TWITTER_720_13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [19.4 MB] || YOUTUBE_1080_13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [144.9 MB] || YOUTUBE_720_13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [145.4 MB] || 13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [401.2 MB] || 13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu.en_US.srt [1.3 KB] || 13101_Supertyphoon_Yutu.en_US.vtt [1.3 KB] ||

GPM passed over Super Typhoon Yutu on October 24^th at 11:07 a.m. EDT . As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation. Frozen precipitation is shown in cyan and purple.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Yutu.2320_print.jpg (1024x576) [145.9 KB] || Yutu.2320_searchweb.png (320x180) [100.2 KB] || Yutu.2320_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/yutu/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || Yutu_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [102.3 MB] || Yutu_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [7.7 MB] || captions_silent.27091.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || captions_silent.27091.en_US.vtt [56 bytes] ||

This data visualization shows Tropical Storm Michael over the Carolinas on October 11, 2018. Shades of green, yellow, and red are ground precipitation rates. Blue and purple indicate frozen precipitation. || michael3.4300_print.jpg (1024x576) [173.7 KB] || michael3.4300_searchweb.png (320x180) [123.0 KB] || michael3.4300_thm.png (80x40) [9.1 KB] || michael3.mp4 (1920x1080) [142.5 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || michael3.webm (1920x1080) [11.6 MB] ||

At nearly the same time that the US East Coast was experiencing the arrival of Hurricane Florence, a much more powerful storm was also arriving half a world away in the Philippines—Super Typhoon Mangkhut. While the slow-moving Florence arrived as a Category 1 hurricane that brought record flooding to the Carolinas, less than 7 hours later Mangkhut (known as Ompong in the Philippines) made landfall on the northern main island of Luzon as a full on Category 5 super typhoon with sustained winds reported at 165 mph. The visualization starts with a view of Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) precipitation rates from 15:11 UTC (11:11 pm PST) 12 September to 15:41 UTC (11:41 pm PST) 13 September 2018 as the storm was making its way across the Philippine Sea headed for Luzon. Before entering the Philippine Sea, Mangkhut passed just north of Guam on the evening of the 10^th as a Category 2 typhoon with sustained winds reported at 105 mph by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) causing widespread power outages. The next day on the 11^th as it entered the eastern Philippine Sea, Mangkhut underwent a rapid intensification cycle wherein the storm’s intensity shot from Category 2 on the afternoon of the 10^th (local time) to Category 5 with sustained winds estimated at 160 mph by JTWC by the evening of the 11^th (local time). Mangkhut is estimated to have reached its peak intensity at 18:00 UTC on the 12^th (2:00 am PST 13 September) with maximum sustained winds estimated at 180 mph by JTWC, making it the strongest tropical cyclone of the year thus far.At the start of the visualization, Mangkhut was an extremely powerful Category 5 super typhoon and just approaching its peak intensity. Over the next 24 hours, Mangkhut’s intensity leveled out such that when the GPM core satellite over flew the storm, Mangkhut’s peak intensity was estimated at 165 mph, a still very powerful Category 5 storm. The end of the visualization shows the surface rainfall within Mangkhut as well as a 3D flyby of the storm courtesy of the GPM core satellite, which passed over the storm at around 15:40 UTC (11:40 pm PST) on the 13^th. At the surface, a distinct eye is present surrounded by a large area of very heavy to intense rain (shown in dark red and magenta). Further out, heavy rain bands are rotating counter clockwise around the storm’s center. The flyby shows a 3D rendering of the radar structure of Mangkhut using data collected from GPM’s Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar or DPR. At the heart of the storm surrounding the eye is a ring of elevated echo tops associated with Mangkhut’s eyewall. The strong symmetry and continuity of the ring is consistent with an intense tropical cyclone and suggests no inhibiting effects such as dry air or wind shear are affecting the storm. In fact, after these images were taken, Mangkhut would continue on to strike the northern part of Luzon at the same estimated intensity, becoming the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. So far the storm is being blamed for at least 95 fatalities in the Philippines, many due to a large landslide around the town of Itogon. After crossing Luzon, Mangkhut continued on to strike Hong Kong with winds reported at 121 mph before dissipating over mainland China, where it is being blamed for 6 fatalities. GPM data is part of the toolbox of satellite data used by forecasters and scientists to understand how storms behave. GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Current and future data sets are available with free registration to users from NASA Goddard's Precipitation Processing Center website. ||

Hurricane Florence originally formed from an African Easterly wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa back on the 30^th of August. When it reached the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands the next day, it was organized enough to become a tropical depression. The following day the depression strengthened enough to become a tropical storm and Florence was born on the 1^st of September. Over the next 3 days, Florence gradually strengthened as it moved in a general west-northwest direction into the central Atlantic. Then, on the 4^th of September, Florence began to rapidly intensify. By the morning of the 5^th, Florence was a Category 3 hurricane before reaching Category 4 intensity later that afternoon with maximum sustained winds estimated at 130 mph by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). At this point, Florence became the victim of increasingly strong southwesterly wind shear, which greatly weakened the storm all the way back down to a tropical storm the by evening of the 6^th.The following GOES-East Infrared (IR) loop shows Florence from 17:54 UTC (1:54 pm EDT) 6 September to 19:27 UTC (3:27 pm EDT) 7 September when it was struggling against the strong southwesterly wind shear in the Central Atlantic. A very interesting looking feature is the arc-shaped cloud that propagates outward from the storm towards the west. This cloud feature is occurring at upper-levels and is likely tied to a gravity wave propagating outward from an area of intense convection that erupted from deep within the storm. When the tops of these smaller scale storms within a storm reach the upper troposphere, they can trigger gravity waves. As these waves progagate outward they can enhance cloud formation where they induce rising motion and erode cloud where they induce downward motion or subsidence. As this arc-shaped cloud is able to propagate outward uniformly from the center, it must be occurring above the shear layer. Compensating areas of subsidence can also surround the strong rising motion occurring within the tall convective clouds. This can help to erode surrounding clouds and may be contributing to the clearing that occurs between the arc-shaped cloud and the mainarea of convection.The end of the loop shows surface rainfall and a 3D flyby of Florence courtesy of the GPM core satellite, which passed over the storm at around 19:21 UTC (3:21 pm EDT) on the 7^th. At the surface, two areas of intense rain (shown in magenta) reveal the presence of two areas of strong thunderstorms within Florence north and northeast of the center. The flyby shows a 3D rendering of the radar structure of the storm. The darker blue tower indicates an area of deep convection that has penetrated well over 10 km high and is associated with the southernmost area of intense rain just north of the center. It is these areas of deep convection that fuel the storm by releasing heat, known as latent heat, mainly from condensation, near the core. Although it would be nearly 2 days before Florence re-gained hurricane intensity, these convective towers are what helped Florence to survive the effects of the wind shear and eventually grow back into a Category 4 hurricane.GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA.Caption by Stephen Lang (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and Joe Munchak (GSFC). ||

GPM passed over Tropical Storm John on August 6, 2018. As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground. Frozen precipitation is displayed in cyan and purple. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || john01.2330_print.jpg (1024x576) [146.4 KB] || john01.2330_searchweb.png (320x180) [100.1 KB] || john01.2330_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || john01_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [114.4 MB] || john01_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.0 MB] || captions_silent.26529.en_US.srt [43 bytes] || captions_silent.26529.en_US.vtt [56 bytes] ||

2017 Atlantic Hurricane season storm tracks with IMERG precipitation and GOES clouds (01 Aug 2017 to 31 Oct 2017) || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_searchweb.png (320x180) [111.1 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_09cpc.2500_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/atlantic/ (1920x1080) [512.0 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [504.9 MB] || hurricane_tracks2017_1920x1080.webm (1920x1080) [28.1 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/ (3840x2160) [512.0 KB] || hurricane_tracks2017_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.5 GB] || hurricane_tracks2017_640x360p30.mp4 (640x360) [78.6 MB] ||

Tour Hurricane Maria in a whole new way! Late on September 17, 2017 (10:08 p.m. EDT) Category 1 Hurricane Maria was strengthening in the Atlantic Ocean when the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core Observatory flew over it. The Dual Frequency Precipitation Radar, measuring in a narrow band over the storm center, shows 3-D estimates of rain, with snow at higher altitudes. The tall "hot towers" characteristic of deepening hurricanes are actually topped by snow! Surface rainfall rates estimated by the GPM Microwave Imager paint the surface over a wider swath. During the tour, you'll see the radar-observed rain intensities displayed three different ways in various parts of the storm. Then, for the first time you'll see estimates of the precipitation particle sizes, which the GPM DPR is uniquely capable of showing, and which provide important insights into storm processes.GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. ||

NASA's GPM satellite helped track Nate's progress through the Gulf of Mexico and also captured Nate's landfall on the north central Gulf Coast. This animation shows instantaneous rainrate estimates from NASA's Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM or IMERG product over North America and the surrounding waters beginning on Thursday October 5^th when Nate first became a tropical storm near the northeast coast of Nicaragua in the western Caribbean until its eventual landfall on the northern Gulf Coast on Sunday October 8^th. IMERG estimates precipitation from a combination of space-borne passive microwave sensors, including the GMI microwave sensor onboard the GPM core satellite, and geostationary IR (infrared) data. The animation shows Nate moving rapidly northward through the Gulf of Mexico on the 7^th. Nate's rapid movement from 20 to as much as 26 mph did not allow the storm much time to strengthen despite being over very warm waters and in a relatively low wind shear environment. Nate reached a peak intensity of 90 mph sustained winds, which it maintained while passing over the Gulf of Mexico, but it did not intensify any further before making landfall. The animation also shows two 3D flyby's of Nate captured by the GPM core satellite as it overflew the storm just before landfall at 22:58 UTC (5:58 CDT) on Saturday October 7^th and again at 08:42 UTC (3:42 CDT) on Sunday October 8^th soon after Nate's second landfall. The 3D precipitation tops (shown in blue) are from GPM's DPR as are the vertical cross sections of precipitation intensity. The first overpass shows that Nate is a very asymmetric storm with most of the rainbands associated with Nate located north and east of the center. With it's rapid movement, Nate was unable to fully develop and lacks the classic ring of intense thunderstorms associated a fully developed eyewall. Although overall much the same, the second overpass shows an area of deep, intense convection producing heavy rains over southwest Alabama. || nate.1890_print.jpg (1024x576) [166.6 KB] || nate.1890_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.3 KB] || nate.1890_thm.png (80x40) [7.5 KB] || nate.mp4 (1920x1080) [37.1 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || nate.webm (1920x1080) [5.1 MB] ||

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In 2017, we have seen four Atlantic storms rapidly intensify with three of those storms - Hurricane Harvey, Irma and Maria - making landfall. When hurricanes intensify a large amount in a short period, scientists call this process rapid intensification. This is the hardest aspect of a storm to forecast and it can be most critical to people’s lives.While any hurricane can threaten lives and cause damage with storm surges, floods, and extreme winds, a rapidly intensifying hurricane can greatly increase these risks while giving populations limited time to prepare and evacuate. ||

GPM passed over both Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Jose on September 18^th, 2017. As the camera moves in on the Maria, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground. || JoseMaria_03.6000_print.jpg (1024x576) [192.4 KB] || JoseMaria_03.6000_searchweb.png (320x180) [112.5 KB] || JoseMaria_03.6000_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/JoseMaria_09-18/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || JoseMaria_03_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.8 MB] || JoseMaria_03_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [81.8 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/JoseMaria_09-18/ (3840x2160) [128.0 KB] || JoseMaria_03_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [232.0 MB] ||

GPM scans Hurricane Irma on September 5^th and again on September 7^th as the storm approaches Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti as a category 5 hurricane. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_print.jpg (1024x576) [158.4 KB] || Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_searchweb.png (320x180) [96.8 KB] || Irma_4k_with_dates.2670_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/irma_with_dates/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Irma_with_dates_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [86.9 MB] || Irma_with_dates_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.3 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/irma_with_dates/ (3840x2160) [128.0 KB] || Irma_4k_with_dates_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [233.2 MB] ||

The Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Core Observatory captured these images of Hurricane Harvey at 11:45 UTC and 21:25 UTC on the 27^th of August nearly two days after the storm made landfall as it was meandering slowly southeast at just 2 mph (~4 kph) near Victoria, Texas west of Houston. The image shows rain rates derived from GPM's GMI microwave imager (outer swath) and dual-frequency precipitation radar or DPR (inner swath) overlaid on enhanced infrared data from the GOES-East satellite. Harvey's cyclonic circulation is still quite evident in the infrared clouds, but GPM shows that the rainfall pattern is highly asymmetric with the bulk of the rain located north or east of the center. A broad area of moderate rain can be seen stretching from near Galveston Bay to north of Houston and back well to the west. Within this are embedded areas of heavy rain (red areas); the peak estimated rain rate from GPM during these overpasses was 96 mm/hr (~3.77 inches per hour). With Harvey's circulation still reaching out over the Gulf, the storm is able to draw in a continuous supply of warm moist air to sustain the large amount of rain it is producing.

Music: "Whirlpool," Michael Jan Levine, Killer Tracks || 4458_Hurricane_Harvey_final_large.00656_print.jpg (1024x576) [189.0 KB] || 4458_Hurricane_Harvey_final_large.00656_searchweb.png (320x180) [107.2 KB] || 4458_Hurricane_Harvey_final_large.00656_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || 12697_Hurricane_Harvey_MASTER.webm (960x540) [36.1 MB] || 12697_Hurricane_Harvey_MASTER_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [95.2 MB] || 12697_Hurricane_Harvey_MASTER_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [128.4 MB] || 12697_Hurricane_Harvey_prores.mov (1920x1080) [1.2 GB] || 12697_Harvey.en_US.srt [1.4 KB] || 12697_Harvey.en_US.vtt [1.4 KB] ||

Animation of Tropical Storm Joaquin on September 29, 2015 right before it intensified into a hurricane. The camera moves in on the storm, and the visualization concludes with a 360 degree view around the storm. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || joaquin.0290_print.jpg (1024x576) [157.3 KB] || joaquin.0290_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.0 KB] || joaquin.0290_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/joaquin_w360/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || joaquin_w360_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [59.7 MB] || Joaquin_colorbar_1080p_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [61.5 MB] || Joaquin_colorbar_1080p_p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.4 MB] || joaquin_w360_4367.key [63.8 MB] || joaquin_w360_4367.pptx [61.3 MB] ||

A narrated visualization of Hurricane/Typhoon Kilo.For complete transcript, click here. || Kilo_still_print.jpg (1024x583) [160.6 KB] || Kilo_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [110.8 KB] || Kilo_still_thm.png (80x40) [9.9 KB] || G2015-074_Kilo_master_prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.8 GB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_Kilo_final_revised_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [596.0 MB] || APPLE_TV_G2015-074_Kilo_master_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [48.5 MB] || YOUTUBE_HQ_G2015-074_Kilo_master_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [596.0 MB] || WEBM_G2015-074_Kilo_master.webm (960x540) [42.5 MB] || APPLE_TV_G2015-074_Kilo_master_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [48.5 MB] || Kilo.en_US.srt [1.7 KB] || Kilo.en_US.vtt [1.7 KB] || NASA_PODCAST_G2015-074_Kilo_master_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [17.3 MB] ||

Global visualization of Hurricane Kilo as it formed in the Eastern Pacific and moved across the international dateline finally diminishing in the Western Pacific near Japan. As Kilo progresses, GPM captures swathes of surface precipitation data throughout the storm's life cycle. || kilo0909.1100_print.jpg (1024x576) [188.5 KB] || kilo0909.1100_searchweb.png (320x180) [105.1 KB] || kilo0909.1100_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || kilo0909_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [57.6 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/global_view/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || kilo0909_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [5.1 MB] ||

Animation of Tropical Storm Fred via GPM on August 30, 2015 at 0236 UTC. || fred.0280_print.jpg (1024x576) [162.5 KB] || fred_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [16.5 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [32.0 KB] || fred_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [3.1 MB] ||

Visualization of rainfall over Texas as Tropical Storm Bill further drenched the state with rain on June 17, 2015 at 6:11:27Z. Shades of blue indicate frozen precipitation in the atmosphere and shades of green to red show liquid precipitation. || bill1080.1220_print.jpg (1024x576) [105.2 KB] || bill1080.1220_searchweb.png (320x180) [72.0 KB] || bill1080.1220_thm.png (80x40) [6.0 KB] || bill1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [24.5 MB] || bill_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [12.7 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1280x720_16x9_30p/ (1280x720) [64.0 KB] || bill_720p.webm (1280x720) [5.1 MB] || bill_4316.key [29.1 MB] || bill_4316.pptx [26.5 MB] ||

Visualization depicting Typhoon Maysak in the Southwest Pacific region as observed by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Satellite on March 30^th, 2015. GPM/GMI precipitation rates are displayed as the camera moves in on the storm. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the structure of the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Maysak_1080.1345_print.jpg (1024x576) [104.6 KB] || Maysak_1080.1345_print_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || Maysak_1080.1345_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.5 KB] || Maysak_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [10.1 MB] || Maysak_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [17.4 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Mayask_colorbar_1080p_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [36.3 MB] || Mayask_colorbar_1080p_p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.0 MB] || Maysak_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [3.9 MB] ||

A look back at the storms captured by GPM for 2015. || GPM_2015_Year_print.jpg (1024x576) [63.5 KB] || GPM_2015_Year_searchweb.png (320x180) [55.1 KB] || GPM_2015_Year_thm.png (80x40) [4.6 KB] || 12113_GPMYear2015_MASTER.mov (1280x720) [1.1 GB] || GPM_2015_Year.mp4 (1280x720) [163.0 MB] || 12113_GPMYear2015_MASTER.webm (1280x720) [17.2 MB] || 12113_GPMYear2015_MASTER.mpeg (1280x720) [539.6 MB] || 12113_GPMYear2015_MASTER_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [78.9 MB] || 12113_GPMYear2015_MASTER_large.mp4 (1280x720) [164.5 MB] || 12113_GPMYear2015_MASTER_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [78.9 MB] || GPM_2015_Year.en_US.srt [1.3 KB] || GPM_2015_Year.en_US.vtt [1.4 KB] ||

Animation revealing a swath of GPM/GMI precipitation rates over Typhoon Hagupit. As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || Hagupit_1080p_01.0396_print.jpg (1024x576) [146.6 KB] || Hagupit_1080p_01.0396_searchweb.png (320x180) [80.3 KB] || Hagupit_1080p_01.0396_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || Hagupit_1080p_01.0396_web.png (320x180) [80.3 KB] || Hagupit_1080p_01_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [39.7 MB] || Hagupit_720p_01_720.mp4 (1280x720) [10.1 MB] || Hagupit_540p_30.mp4 (960x540) [6.9 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Hagupit_colorbar_1080p_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [40.6 MB] || Hagupit_colorbar_1080p_p30.webm (1920x1080) [4.1 MB] ||

Animation revealing a swath of GPM/GMI precipitation rates over Typhoon Phanfone. The camera then moves down closer to the storm to reveal DPR's volumetric view of Phanphone. A slicing plane dissects the Typhoon from south to north and back again, revealing it's inner precipitation rates. Shades of blue indicate frozen precipitation (in the upper atmosphere). Shades of green to red are liquid precipitation which extend down to the ground. || phanfone1080p.0380_print.jpg (1024x576) [116.5 KB] || phanfone1080p.0380_searchweb.png (320x180) [74.4 KB] || phanfone1080p.0380_web.png (320x180) [74.4 KB] || phanfone1080p.0380_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || phanfone1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [12.5 MB] || phanfone720p.mp4 (1280x720) [7.1 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || phanfone1080p.webm (960x540) [4.4 MB] || phanfone360p.mp4 (640x360) [2.8 MB] ||

Animation revealing a swath of GPM/GMI precipitation rates over Typhoon Vongfong. As the camera moves in on the storm, DPR's volumetric view of the storm is revealed. A slicing plane moves across the volume to display precipitation rates throughout the storm. Shades of green to red represent liquid precipitation extending down to the ground. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || vongfong_720p.0690_print.jpg (1024x576) [146.8 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1280x720_16x9_30p/ (1280x720) [64.0 KB] || vongfong_1080p.mp4 (1920x1080) [19.2 MB] || vongfong_720p.mp4 (1280x720) [10.5 MB] || Vongfong_colorbar_1080p_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [44.1 MB] || Vongfong_colorbar_1080p_p30.webm (1920x1080) [3.1 MB] || vongfong_640x360.mp4 (640x360) [4.2 MB] ||

On September 15, 2014 (15:11 UTC) the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core Observatory flew over Hurricane Odile as it made landfall on the Baja peninsula. At this point, Hurricane Odile is category 2 with maximum sustained winds at 98 miles per hour (mph) and gusts reaching 121 mph. Odile caused major damage to several Mexican beach resorts including Cabo San Lucas, and has the potential to cause flash flooding as far as Phoenix, Arizona.The GPM Core Observatory carries two instruments that show the location and intensity of rain and snow, which defines a crucial part of the storm structure – and how it will behave. The GPM Microwave Imager sees through the tops of clouds to observe how much and where precipitation occurs, and the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar observes precise details of precipitation in 3-dimensions.For forecasters, GPM's microwave and radar data are part of the toolbox of satellite data, including other low Earth orbit and geostationary satellites, that they use to monitor tropical cyclones and hurricanes. The addition of GPM data to the current suite of satellite data is timely. Its predecessor precipitation satellite, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, is 18 years into what was originally a three-year mission. GPM's new high-resolution microwave imager data and the unique radar data ensure that forecasters and modelers won't have a gap in coverage. GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. All GPM data products can be found at NASA Goddard's Precipitation Processing Center website. ||

The Global Precipitation Measurement mission's Core Observatory flew over Hurricane Arthur five times between July 1 and July 6, 2014. Arthur is the first tropical cyclone of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane season. It formed as a tropical storm on Tuesday, July 1 and reached maximum intensity as a Category 2 hurricane on July 4, disrupting some coastal U.S. Independence Day celebrations. This visualization is taken from the flyover on July 3, 2014 with Hurricane Arthur just off the South Carolina coast. GPM data showed that the hurricane was asymmetrical, with spiral arms, called rain bands, on the eastern side of the storm but not on the western side.The GPM Core Observatory carries two instruments that show the location and intensity of the rain, which defines a crucial part of the storm structure – and how it will behave. The GPM Microwave Imager sees through the tops of clouds to observe how much and where precipitation occurs, and the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar observes precise details of precipitation in 3-dimensions.For forecasters, GPM's microwave and radar data are part of the toolbox of satellite data, including other low Earth orbit and geostationary satellites, that they use to monitor tropical cyclones and hurricanes. The addition of GPM data to the current suite of satellite data is timely. Its predecessor precipitation satellite, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, is 18 years into what was originally a three-year mission. GPM's new high-resolution microwave imager data and the unique radar data ensure that forecasters and modelers won't have a gap in coverage. GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The satellite launched Feb. 27, and after its check-out period began its prime mission on May 29, in time for hurricane season.All GPM data products will be released to the public by September 2, 2104. Current and future data sets are available to registered users from NASA Goddard's Precipitation Processing Center website. ||

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This visualization begins with an overview of the United States showing the clouds and rainfall accumulation of the massive rain event over Louisiana beginning on August 11^th, 2016 through August 13^th, 2016. The camera then begins to zoom in as time resets to August 11^th. Time then slows way down on August 12^th to show the first of GPM's passes. In this close up of GPM's volumetric DPR data over Louisiana, a cutting plane materializes into view to show the inner structure of this giant storm system. From this view, one can clearly see the heavy amounts of rain in the center of the storm (depicted in yellow, orange, and red). The GPM data then dissolves away as time speeds up before slowing down again later on that same day. This time GPM captures a much larger swath of the storm. Dissolving in the cutting plane again reveals huge amounts of rainfall at this later time. As the GPM data dissolves away again, time speeds back up to show the rest of the rainfall accumulation partway through August 13. At this time, a large portion of Louisiana can be seen completely saturated with rainfall accumulations (depicted in shades of orange to red). || la_flood_rainaccum_w_dates.1190_print.jpg (1024x576) [106.8 KB] || la_flood_rainaccum_w_dates.1190_searchweb.png (320x180) [83.6 KB] || la_flood_rainaccum_w_dates.1190_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || la_flood_rainaccum_w_dates_1080p30_2.mp4 (1920x1080) [33.4 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/example_composite/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/dates/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/state_outlines/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/dpr_clipped_1221Z/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/dpr_1221Z/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/dpr_clipped_0220Z/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/dpr_0220Z/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/rain_accumulation/ (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/gpm_gprof/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/cloudy_earth/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || la_flood_rainaccum_w_dates_1080p30_2.webm (1920x1080) [5.7 MB] ||

Animation of a monsoon over the western coast of India on July 28^th, 2014. As the camera moves in, a cutting plane reveals the inner structures of the storm. || india_monsoon_1080p_30fps.1250_print.jpg (1024x576) [137.3 KB] || india_monsoon_1080p_30fps.1250_searchweb.png (320x180) [86.0 KB] || india_monsoon_1080p_30fps.1250_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || india_monsoon_1080p_30fps.mp4 (1920x1080) [64.1 MB] || india_monsoon_1080p_30fps.webm (1920x1080) [4.9 MB] ||

Music: Chris White, "Afterglow"Complete transcript available. || 12378_LAFlooding.00183_print.jpg (1024x576) [150.9 KB] || 12378_LAFlooding.00183_thm.png (80x40) [7.2 KB] || 12378_LAFlooding.00183_searchweb.png (320x180) [97.5 KB] || 12378_LAFlooding.mp4 (1920x1080) [78.8 MB] || 12378_LAFlooding_prores.mov (1920x1080) [998.2 MB] || 12378_LAFlooding_prores.webm (1920x1080) [7.5 MB] || 12378_LAFlooding.en_US.srt [1.4 KB] || 12378_LAFlooding.en_US.vtt [1.4 KB] ||

Complete transcript available.Music: Letting Go by Mario Lauer, 24 Dimensions by Christian Telford, David Travis Edwards, Matthew St. Laurent, and Robert Anthony Navarro || Monsoon_narrated_1080_30fps_youtube.00749_print.jpg (1024x576) [184.2 KB] || Monsoon_narrated_1080_30fps_youtube.00749_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.7 KB] || Monsoon_narrated_1080_30fps_youtube.00749_thm.png (80x40) [6.3 KB] || 12255_Monsoons_1080_30fps.mp4 (1920x1080) [406.7 MB] || 12255_Monsoons_1080_60fps.mp4 (1920x1080) [409.0 MB] || 12255_Monsoons_4k_60fps_prores.mov (3840x2160) [27.8 GB] || 12255_Monsoons_4k30fps_youtube.mp4 (3840x2160) [1008.7 MB] || 12255_Monsoons_4k_60fps.webm (3840x2160) [131.9 MB] || monsoonnarrfull.en_US.srt [4.9 KB] || monsoonnarrfull.en_US.vtt [4.9 KB] ||

Additional footage: pond5.comMusic: Ruminations by Miriam Cutler, 24 Dimensions by Christian Telford, David Travis Edwards, Matthew St. Laurent, and Robert Anthony NavarroComplete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || life_monsoon_still_print.jpg (1024x578) [133.9 KB] || life_monsoon_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [94.5 KB] || life_monsoon_still_thm.png (80x40) [9.4 KB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon_prores.mov (1920x1080) [7.6 GB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon.mpeg (1280x720) [933.1 MB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [141.4 MB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon_youtube_hq.mov (1920x1080) [2.3 GB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon.webm (960x540) [112.9 MB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [282.0 MB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [141.5 MB] || LifeMonsoon.en_US.srt [5.1 KB] || LifeMonsoon.en_US.vtt [5.1 KB] || 12254_Life_of_the_Monsoon_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [49.6 MB] ||

Music: "Mesmerized Housewives," Donn WIlkersonComplete transcript available. || NAM_still_print.jpg (1024x578) [142.4 KB] || NAM_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.6 KB] || NAM_still_thm.png (80x40) [7.1 KB] || 12069_NAM_final_prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.7 GB] || 12069_NAM_final_1.mp4 (1920x1080) [160.4 MB] || 12069_NAM_final_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [108.5 MB] || 12069_NAM_final_appletv.m4v (1280x720) [68.8 MB] || 12069_NAM_final_prores.webm (1920x1080) [11.2 MB] || 12069_NAM_final_appletv_subtitles.m4v (1280x720) [68.8 MB] || 12069_NAM.en_US.srt [1.8 KB] || 12069_NAM.en_US.vtt [1.9 KB] ||

This winter, areas across the globe experienced a shift in rain patterns due to the natural weather phenomenon known as El Niño. New NASA visualizations of rainfall data show the various changes to California.According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, El Niño was expected to produce wetter-than-average conditions from December 2015 to February 2016. Scientists refer to historical weather patterns and to look at trends of where precipitation normally occurs during El Niño events. Also, several factors—not just El Niño—can contribute to unusual weather pattern. ||

Music: "Beautiful Serenity," Samuel Karl Bohn & Anthony Phillips, Universal Production Music.Complete transcript available. || Elsalvador_thumb_print.jpg (1024x570) [271.1 KB] || Elsalvador_thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [151.0 KB] || Elsalvador_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [11.9 KB] || ElSalvador_Twitter.mp4 (1920x1080) [43.5 MB] || ElSalvador_prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.7 GB] || ElSalvador_YouTube.mp4 (1920x1080) [325.4 MB] || ElSalvador_prores.webm (1920x1080) [27.3 MB] || elsalvador.en_US.srt [3.6 KB] || elsalvador.en_US.vtt [3.6 KB] ||

Agriculture in Pakistan is dependent on irrigation from the Indus River, but over the years, these freshwater resources have become scarce. Today, it is one of the world’s most depleted basins. To tackle this, farmers are attempting to predict and track freshwater resources with the help of NASA satellites and cell phones. ||

Additional footage courtesy of Greenpeace.Music: "Vulnerable Moment," John Ashton Thomas, Atmosphere Music Ltd.; "Inducing Waves," Ben Niblett and Jon Cotton, Atmosphere Music Ltd.Complete transcript available. || fires_thumb_print.jpg (1024x578) [88.2 KB] || fires_thumb_searchweb.png (320x180) [93.8 KB] || fires_thumb_thm.png (80x40) [7.0 KB] || Fires_GPM_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.7 GB] || Fires_GPM_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [385.5 MB] || Fires_GPM_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [271.4 MB] || Fires_GPM_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [60.4 MB] || Fires_GPM_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [513.6 MB] || Fires_GPM_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [526.2 MB] || Fires_GPM_prores.webm (1920x1080) [30.3 MB] || 12667_Fires.en_US.srt [5.2 KB] || 12667_Fires.en_US.vtt [5.2 KB] ||

Music: "A New Hope," Al Lethbridge, Atmosphere Music Ltd PRS; "Spirals within a Sphere," Adam Salkeld, Atmosphere Music Ltd PRSComplete transcript available. || cholera_still_print.jpg (1024x695) [243.6 KB] || cholera_still_searchweb.png (320x180) [119.4 KB] || cholera_still_thm.png (80x40) [7.6 KB] || 12958_Cholera_GPM_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.1 GB] || 12958_Cholera_GPM_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [54.2 MB] || 12958_Cholera_GPM_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [430.0 MB] || 12958_Cholera_GPM_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [337.4 MB] || 12958_Cholera_GPM_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [490.1 MB] || 12958_Cholera_GPM_prores.webm (1920x1080) [23.6 MB] || 12958_Cholera_GPM_large.mp4 (1920x1080) [235.1 MB] || 12958_Cholera.en_US.srt [4.2 KB] || 12958_Cholera.en_US.vtt [4.2 KB] ||

A new model has been developed to look at how potential landslide activity is changing around the world. A global Landslide Hazard Assessment model for Situational Awareness (LHASA) has been developed to provide an indication of where and when landslides may be likely around the world every 30 minutes. This model uses surface susceptibility (including slope, vegetation, road networks, geology, and forest cover loss) and satellite rainfall data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission to provide moderate to high “nowcasts.” This visualization shows the landslide nowcast results leveraging nearly two decades of Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) rainfall over 2001-2016 to identify a landslide climatology by month at a 1 km grid cell. The average nowcast values by month highlight the key landslide hotspots, such as the Southeast Asia during the monsoon season in June through August and the U.S. Pacific Northwest in December and January. Overlaid with these nowcasts values are a Global Landslide Catalog(GLC) that was developed with the goal of identifying rainfall-triggered landslide events around the world, regardless of size, impact, or location. The GLC considers all types of mass movements triggered by rainfall, which have been reported in the media, disaster databases, scientific reports, or other sources. The visualization shows the distribution of landslides each month based on the estimated number of fatalities the event caused. The GLC has been compiled since 2007 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and contains over 11,000 reports and growing. A new project called the Community the Cooperative Open Online Landslide Repository, or COOLR, provides the opportunity for the community to view landslide reports and contribute their own. The goal of the COOLR project is to create the largest global public online landslide catalog available and open to for anyone everyone to share, download, and analyze landslide information. More information on this system is available at: https://landslides.nasa.gov. Landslides occur when an environmental trigger like an extreme rain event, often a severe storm or hurricane, and gravity's downward pull sets soil and rock in motion. Conditions beneath the surface are often unstable already, so the heavy rains act as the last straw that causes mud, rocks, or debris- or all combined- to move rapidly down mountains and hillsides. Unfortunately, people and property are often swept up in these unexpected mass movements. Landslides can also be caused by earthquakes, surface freezing and thawing, ice melt, the collapse of groundwater reservoirs, volcanic eruptions, and erosion at the base of a slope from the flow of river or ocean water. But torrential rains most commonly activate landslides.

In the Amazon Rainforest, few animals are as dangerous to humans as mosquitos that transmit malaria. The tropical disease can bring on severe fever, headaches and chills and is particularly severe for children and the elderly and can cause complications for pregnant women. In rainforest-covered Peru the number of malaria cases has spiked such that, in the past five years, it has had on average the second highest rate in the South American continent. In 2014 and 2015 there were 65,000 reported cases in the country.Containing malaria outbreaks is challenging because it is difficult to figure out where people are contracting the disease. As a result, resources such as insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor sprays are often deployed to areas where few people are getting infected, allowing the outbreak to grow.To tackle this problem, university researchers have turned to data from NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites, which are able to track the types of human and environmental events that typically precede an outbreak. With funding from NASA’s Applied Sciences Program, they are working in partnership with the Peruvian government to develop a system that uses satellite and other data to help forecast outbreaks at the household level months in advance and prevent outbreaks.Additional imagery from: Christopher B. Plunkett FortJames GathanyFábio Medeiros da Costa ||

Music: "Buoys," Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks; "Late Night Drive," Donn Wilkerson, Killer Tracks.Complete transcript available. || Matthew_screengrab_print.jpg (1024x574) [158.4 KB] || Matthew_screengrab_searchweb.png (320x180) [114.3 KB] || Matthew_screengrab_thm.png (80x40) [8.1 KB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.0 GB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew.mp4 (1920x1080) [236.9 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_prores.webm (1920x1080) [25.4 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_facebook_720.mp4 (1280x720) [271.2 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_prores_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [362.8 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_twitter_720.mp4 (1280x720) [49.8 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew_youtube_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [362.9 MB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew.en_US.srt [4.1 KB] || 12635_Hurricane_Matthew.en_US.vtt [4.1 KB] ||

Complete transcript available.Music: Chris White, Afterglow || 12206_Hurricanes_youtube.00229_print.jpg (1024x576) [119.1 KB] || 12206_Hurricanes_youtube.00229_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.4 KB] || 12206_Hurricanes_youtube.00229_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || Hurricane_modeling_prores.mov (1920x1080) [2.5 GB] || 12206_Hurricanes_youtube.mp4 (1920x1080) [190.4 MB] || 12206_Hurricane_modeling_MASTER.mpeg (1280x720) [610.1 MB] || 12206_Hurricane_modeling_MASTER.webm (960x540) [72.0 MB] || Hurricane_modeling.webm (1080x606) [34.9 MB] || 12206_Hurricanes.en_US.srt [3.8 KB] || 12206_Hurricanes.en_US.vtt [3.8 KB] || 12206_Hurricane_modeling_MASTER_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [32.3 MB] ||

Water is fundamental to life on Earth. Knowing where and how much rain and snow falls globally is vital to understanding how weather and climate impact both our environment and Earth's water and energy cycles, including effects on agriculture, fresh water availability, and responses to natural disasters. Since rainfall and snowfall vary greatly from place to place and over time, satellites can provide more uniform observations of rain and snow around the globe than ground instruments, especially in areas where surface measurements are difficult. GPM's next-generation global precipitation data will lead to scientific advances and societal benefits in the following areas: Improved knowledge of the Earth's water cycle and its link to climate change New insights into precipitation microphysics, storm structures and large-scale atmospheric processes Better understanding of climate sensitivity and feedback processes Extended capabilities in monitoring and predicting hurricanes and other extreme weather events Improved forecasting capabilities for natural hazards, including floods, droughts and landslides. Enhanced numerical prediction skills for weather and climate Better agricultural crop forecasting and monitoring of freshwater resources.For more information and resources please visit the Precipitation Measurement Missions web site. ||

NASA Science Live: Storms Across the Solar SystemProgram Aired May 22, 2019 || 13212_NSL_Ep4_youtube_720.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [83.3 KB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4_youtube_720.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [81.7 KB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4_youtube_720.00001_thm.png (80x40) [5.7 KB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4_lowres.mp4 (1280x720) [551.2 MB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4_youtube_720.mp4 (1280x720) [3.1 GB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4.mov (1280x720) [19.4 GB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4.webm (960x540) [824.7 MB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4.mov.en_US.srt [69.0 KB] || 13212_NSL_Ep4.mov.en_US.vtt [65.1 KB] ||

This is an infographic describing how the GPM Microwave Imager works and maintains its high degree of calibration, as well as how it contributes to the precipitation rates produced by the mission. || GMI_Calibration_Infographic_10_Final.jpg (1275x5978) [2.9 MB] || GMI_thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [39.4 KB] || GMI_thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] ||

Not all raindrops are created equal. The size of falling raindrops depends on several factors, including where the cloud producing the drops is located on the globe and where the drops originate in the cloud. For the first time, scientists have three-dimensional snapshots of raindrops and snowflakes around the world from space, thanks to the joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. With the new global data on raindrop and snowflake sizes this mission provides, scientists can improve rainfall estimates from satellite data and in numerical weather forecast models, helping us better understand and prepare for extreme weather events. Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube Channel.

Landslide animation - rotational landslide. || landslide_seq_00660_print.jpg (1024x576) [113.4 KB] || landslide_seq_00660_searchweb.png (320x180) [59.1 KB] || landslide_seq_00660_thm.png (80x40) [5.0 KB] || Landslide_final_59fps_prores.webm (1920x1080) [1.8 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/ (1920x1080) [128.0 KB] || Landslide_final_59fps_h264.mov (1920x1080) [605.4 MB] || Landslide_final_59fps_prores.mov (1920x1080) [907.5 MB] || landslide.mp4 (1920x1080) [14.9 MB] ||

A variety of animated beauty passes of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core spacecraft. ||

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This conceptual animation shows the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) and the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) scanning through a cloud detecting various precipitation particles. ||

The Olympic Mountain Experiment, or OLYMPEX, is a NASA-led field campaign, which will take place on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State from November 2015 through February 2016. The goal of the campaign is to collect detailed atmospheric measurements that will be used to evaluate how well rain-observing satellites measure rainfall and snowfall from space. In particular, OLYMPEX will be assessing satellite measurements made by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Observatory, a joint mission by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), which launched in 2014. For more information: http://pmm.nasa.gov/olympex

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, is seen launching from th Tanegashima Space Center, 1:37 PM (EST) on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, Tanegashima Space Center. The GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours. ||

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, is seen launching from th Tanegashima Space Center, 1:37 PM (EST) on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, Tanegashima Space Center. The GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, is seen launching from th Tanegashima Space Center, 1:37 PM (EST) on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, Tanegashima Space Center. The GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, is seen launching from th Tanegashima Space Center, 1:37 PM (EST) on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, Tanegashima Space Center. The GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.

NASA scientists talk about the GPM mission ahead of launch. ||

Join NASA as we count down the launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission at 12:00 PM EST, Thursday, February 27, 2014. GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and it will set a new standard in measuring rain and snow around the world. As we build up to the launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, our NASA scientists will discuss the satellite's major innovations and the big questions GPM will set out to answer. Follow along on NASA Television (www.nasa.gov/ntv) and ask your big questions to the experts using #gpm on Twitter. GPM is scheduled to launch from Tanegashima Space Center at 1:07 PM EST on February 27, 2014. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/GPM. ||

GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Core Observatory will link data from a constellation of current and planned satellites to produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.The GPM mission is the first coordinated international satellite network to provide near real-time observations of rain and snow every three hours anywhere on the globe. The GPM Core Observatory anchors this network by providing observations on all types of precipitation. The observatory's data acts as the measuring stick by which partner observations can be combined into a unified data set. The data will be used by scientists to study climate change, freshwater resources, floods and droughts, and hurricane formation and tracking.

GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Core Observatory will link data from a constellation of current and planned satellites to produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.The GPM mission is the first coordinated international satellite network to provide near real-time observations of rain and snow every three hours anywhere on the globe. The GPM Core Observatory anchors this network by providing observations on all types of precipitation. The observatory's data acts as the measuring stick by which partner observations can be combined into a unified data set. The data will be used by scientists to study climate change, freshwater resources, floods and droughts, and hurricane formation and tracking.

GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Core Observatory will link data from a constellation of current and planned satellites to produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.The GPM mission is the first coordinated international satellite network to provide near real-time observations of rain and snow every three hours anywhere on the globe. The GPM Core Observatory anchors this network by providing observations on all types of precipitation. The observatory's data acts as the measuring stick by which partner observations can be combined into a unified data set. The data will be used by scientists to study climate change, freshwater resources, floods and droughts, and hurricane formation and tracking.

GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Core Observatory will link data from a constellation of current and planned satellites to produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.The GPM mission is the first coordinated international satellite network to provide near real-time observations of rain and snow every three hours anywhere on the globe. The GPM Core Observatory anchors this network by providing observations on all types of precipitation. The observatory's data acts as the measuring stick by which partner observations can be combined into a unified data set. The data will be used by scientists to study climate change, freshwater resources, floods and droughts, and hurricane formation and tracking.

An international satellite that will set a new standard for global precipitation measurements from space has completed a 7,300-mile journey from the United States to Japan, where it now will undergo launch preparations.A U.S. Air Force C-5 transport aircraft carrying the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory landed at Kitakyushu Airport, about 600 miles southwest of Tokyo, at approximately 10:30 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 23.The spacecraft, the size of a small private jet, is the largest satellite ever built at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. It left Goddard inside a large shipping container Nov. 19 and began its journey across the Pacific Ocean Nov. 21 from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, with a refueling stop in Anchorage, Alaska.From Kitakyushu Airport, the spacecraft was loaded onto a barge heading to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA's) Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan, where it will be prepared for launch in early 2014 on an H-IIA rocket. ||

This is footage of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). ||

Extended b-roll of GPM's arrival in Japan and journey to Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.Built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the GPM spacecraft travelled roughly 7,300 miles (11,750 kilometers) to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island, Japan, where it is scheduled for liftoff on Feb 27, 2014 1:07 pm (EST). GPM's Core Observatory is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to study rainfall and snowfall around the globe, including weather and storms that the Core Observatory previewed on its trans-Pacific journey. ||

An international satellite that will set a new standard for global precipitation measurements from space began its 7,300-mile journey from Maryland to Japan where it will undergo launch preparations. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is a partnership led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GPM’s Core Observatory satellite is designed to unify precipitation measurements made by a constellation of U.S. and international partner satellites to achieve global coverage of rain and snow every three hours. The spacecraft was carried by truck from its design and testing home at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on Nov. 19^th inside a large transportation container to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The container was loaded onto an Air Force C-5 transport aircraft, which left Andrews early on Nov. 21 for a 15-hour flight to the Kitakyushu Airport in Japan. From the Kitakyushu Airport the spacecraft will be loaded onto a barge and shipped to JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan where it will be prepared for launch in early 2014 on a H-IIA rocket. The GPM Core Observatory satellite, which is the size of a small business jet, is the largest Earth science satellite ever built at NASA Goddard.This is footage of the GPM Core spacecraft leaving Goddard Space Flight Center and traveling to Andrews Air Force Base for travel to Japan for launch. ||

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is an international satellite mission that will set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space, providing the next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. GPM data will advance our understanding of the water and energy cycles and extend the use of precipitation data to directly benefit society. JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is NASA's main partner in GPM. GPM will launch in early 2014. ||

A selection of footage of the GPM Core Observatory building, testing, and integration. ||

GPM Deputy Project Scientist Gail Skofronick-Jackson discusses GPM's snowfall measurement capabilities and the challenges of measuring snow. ||

NASA is flying an airborne science laboratory through Canadian snowstorms for six weeks in support of a difficult task of the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission: measuring snowfall from space. GPM is an international satellite mission scheduled for launch in 2014 that will provide next-generation observations of worldwide rain and snow every three hours. It is the first precipitation mission designed to detect falling snow from space. ||

NASA held a series of media events Monday, Jan. 27, in advance of the February launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory from Japan. The events were held at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.GPM is an international satellite mission led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide. GPM data also will contribute to climate research and the forecasting of extreme weather events such as floods and hurricanes.The GPM Core Observatory is scheduled to lift off Feb. 27, between 1:07 and 3:07 p.m. EST, from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Japan.Media events include briefings on the GPM mission and science. Briefing panelists are: Steven Neeck, deputy associate director, flight program, Earth Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington Kinji Furukawa, GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar deputy project manager, JAXA, Tsukuba Art Azarbarzin, GPM project manager, Goddard Ramesh Kakar, GPM program scientist, Headquarters Gail Skofronick-Jackson, GPM deputy project scientist, Goddard Riko Oki, GPM/DPR program scientist, JAXATo view on YouTube, click here for the Mission Briefing and the Science Briefing. ||

These are images documenting the building, integration and testing of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The most recent developments are listed first.For additional images please visit the Precipitation Measurement Missions Image Gallery. || Vibration testing of the horizontal axis of the spacecraft.Credit: NASA || GPM_horiz_vibe.png (3456x5184) [26.4 MB] || GPM_horiz_vibe_web.png (320x480) [312.0 KB] || GPM_horiz_vibe_thm.png (80x40) [10.5 KB] ||

This is an instructional video for the GPM paper model. ||

Media resources for educators and presentations. ||

This short video explains how a raindrop falls through the atmosphere and why a more accurate look at raindrops can improve estimates of global precipitation.For a printable droplet hand out click here. ||