natural disasters

A 360 Degree View of Water
Update 1/8/14: "Water Falls" is coming soon to a sphere near you! Jan. 25, 2014: Premiere at The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, NY Jan. 29 & 30, 2014: Premiere at the Space Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO Jan. 31, 2014: Global Premiere, at a Sphere Near You Escaping from the ocean, then surfing on clouds until taking that fateful fall back to Earth, water is on a journey. NASA's new short film "Water Falls" invites the public along for the ride as scientists follow water around the globe — on a globe. Produced specifically for the Science on a Sphere media platform in partnership with the Global...

GPM: Too Much, Too Little

Submitted by JacobAdmin on Fri, 06/07/2013
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Researchers need accurate and timely rainfall information to better understand and model where and when severe floods, frequent landslides and devastating droughts may occur. GPM’s global rainfall data will help to better prepare and respond to a wide range of natural disasters.

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Dalia: GPM will help us to understand precipitation extremes. And this is everything from too much rainfall, such as flooding in India or Southeast Asia, to too little rainfall such as drought in the U.S. Southwest.