• First global rainfall and snowfall map from GPM released

    NASA/JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission has produced its first global map of rainfall and snowfall, from April to September 2014. The data map combines measurements from 12 satellites and the GPM Core Observatory, launched February 27, 2014. It covers 8

  • Beautiful Earth with GPM

    This is a musical and visual tour of Earth from space followed by a discussion with scientists from NASA's new rain and snow satellite – Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM).During this one-hour event, students and teachers from across the country are invited to a

  • First images available from NASA-JAXA Global Rain and Snowfall Satellite

    NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have released the first images captured by their newest Earth-observing satellite, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, which launched into space February 27.

    The images show

  • New era of global weather observing and climate science

    International, next-generation, unifying satellite observatory for global snow and rain measurements – Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory – was successfully launched yesterday from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan marking the beginning of a

  • The Global Precipitation Measurement – Our Wet Wide World

    The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a "Core" satellite