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Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar Arrives at Goddard

Submitted by JacobAdmin on Wed, 03/21/2012
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Engineers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. oversee the arrival and unpacking of the dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) built by Japan for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core Observatory satellite. Comprised of two radars, the DPR is one of two instruments that will fly on the satellite, scheduled for launch in February 2014.

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GPM Precipitation Radar Arrives at Goddard

DPR arriving on a truck at NASA Goddard
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
By Aries Keck, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Original www.nasa.gov Press Release (published 3/1/12) The Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) built by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core Observatory arrived on Friday, March 16 and was unloaded today at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Comprised of two radars, the DPR is one of two instruments that will fly on the Core Observatory scheduled for launch in February 2014. Engineers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA Goddard...
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ADMIRARI on the ground with Citation overhead
Chris Kidd is a hydrologist at Goddard Space Flight Center. This week he is at the CARE site in Ontario and writes to us about this week's flights. Although the excitement of the lake-effect snow last weekend was welcome, in contrast this week was somewhat benign. There were a number of good opportunities identified in the model forecasts that didn’t really materialize, leaving us with a number of, although marginal, still useful events. The dual-frequency radar at the CARE site Friday, February 17th. The little spec in the sky is the Citation aircraft flying overhead. Credit: NASA / Chris

GPM Leaders at the JAXA DPR Press Release

GPM Leads at the JAXA DPR Press Release, standing behind a model of the GPM Core
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GPM leaders shaking hands at the JAXA DPR press release event.

They are standing in front of a model of the GPM Core Observatory.

From left to right:

  • Dr. Arthur Hou, GPM Project Scientist at NASA
  • Candace Carlisle, GPM Deputy Project Manager at NASA
  • Mr. Massahiro Kojima, GPM DPR Program Manager at JAXA
  • Dr. Toshio Iguchi, Executive Director of Remote Sensing at Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

Scientists in front of the DPR

Scientists standing in front of the DPR
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GPM scientists standing in front of the completed Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar.

From left to right:

  • Dr. Toshio Iguchi, Executive Director of Remote Sensing at Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
  • Mr. Massahiro Kojima, GPM DPR Program Manager at JAXA
  • Candace Carlisle, GPM Deputy Project Manager at NASA
  • Dr. Arthur Hou, GPM Project Scientist at NASA

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