The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) successfully launched on NASA’s GPM Core Observatory satellite from Tanegashima Space Center, ...

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Satellite’s Microwave Imager (GMI) built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. under contract for NASA has performed flawlessly in its first ...

NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global ...

The Fengyun-3G, a satellite measuring precipitation on Earth, officially began operational services on Wednesday after being launched last April, China Meteorological Administration said. As China's ...

Scientists are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are carrying instruments above and into ...

Artist concept of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Global Precipitation ...

An extra-tropical cyclone seen off the coast of Japan, March 10, 2014, by the GPM Microwave Imager. The colors show the rain rate: red areas indicate heavy rainfall, while yellow and blue indicate ...

NASA, NOAA and Duke University got started last week on a sizable field experiment over an area just to our west that covers parts of four states, mainly comprising the central and southern mountains, ...

ABSTRACT The main objective of this study is to evaluate the uncertainties due to sample size associated with the estimation of the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and their impact on the level ...

GREENBELT, Md. – NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements ...