Browse Remote Sensing Resources

Faces of GPM: Professor Steve Nesbitt, GPM Ground Validation Scientist

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Weather, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers

Type:

Video

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B

Keywords:

snow, GCPEx, Canada, Faces of GPM, careers, ground validation, field campaigns

Summary:

Profile of Steve Nesbitt, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois and a mission scientist on GPM ground validation field campaigns.

GPM Launch Animation

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Satellites, Remote Sensing, Launch Vehicle

Type:

Video

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, General

Standards:

ETS2.A

Keywords:

rockets, Japan, JAXA, deployment, H-IIA

Summary:

This animation shows the launch and deployment of the GPM Core Observatory. GPM is scheduled to launch in 2014 on an H-IIA rocket in Japan.

TRMM at 15: The Reign of Rain

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Tropical Cyclones, Satellites, Remote Sensing, STEM Careers

Type:

Video

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, General

Standards:

ESS2.D, ETS2.A

Keywords:

TRMM, the tropics

Summary:

This video celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Project Scientist Scott Braun looks back at TRMM's legacy and a few of the major scientific milestones the satellite has helped achieved.

Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Earth Systems, Weather and Climate, Energy Cycle, Satellites, Remote Sensing, Data

Type:

Website

Audience:

Informal, Formal, General

Keywords:

energy budget, electromagnetic spectrum, microwaves, infrared

Standards:

ESS2.A, ESS3.D, ETS2.A, ETS2.B

Summary:

Welcome to the Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. This unique NASA resource on the web, in print, and with companion videos introduces electromagnetic waves, their behaviors, and how scientists visualize these data.

The GLOBE Earth System Poster Learning Activities

Primary Topic:

Technology

Subtopics:

Weather and Climate, Satellites, Remote Sensing

Type:

Lesson Plan

Audience:

Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS2.A, ESS2.D, ESS3.C, ESS3.D, ETS2.B

Keywords:

climate change, cloud coverage, global data sets, models, infrared radiation

Summary:

The activities in this guide will help students understand variations in environmental parameters by examining connections among different phenomena measured on local, regional and global scales.

Towers in the Tempest

Primary Topic:

Weather and Climate

Subtopics:

Weather, Tropical Cyclones, Energy Cycle, Remote Sensing

Type:

Video

Audience:

Informal, Formal, 9 - 12, 6 - 8, General

Standards:

ESS2.A

Keywords:

hurricanes, hot towers, TRMM, low pressure

Summary:

'Towers in the Tempest' is a 4.5 minute narrated animation that explains recent scientific insights into how hurricanes intensify. This intensification can be caused by a phenomenon called a 'hot tower'.

Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Density

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Water Properties, Earth Systems, Technology, Remote Sensing, Data

Type:

Video

Audience:

Informal, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C

Keywords:

sea surface temperature, salinity, density, ocean circulation

Summary:

The animations in this group show the long-term average sea surface temperature, the long term average sea surface salinity, and the the long term average sea surface density.

NASA Scientists Research Global Precipitation

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Precipitation, Climate, Remote Sensing, Data

Type:

Video

Audience:

Outreach, Informal, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS2.C, ETS2.A

Keywords:

infrared, microwave, circulation, climatology, GPCP

Summary:

This animation of global precipitation cycles through the climatology data for the twelve months of the year and then repeats the cycle twice.

Aquarius Ocean Circulation

Primary Topic:

Water Cycle

Subtopics:

Water Properties, Weather and Climate, Climate, Satellites, Remote Sensing

Type:

Video

Audience:

Informal, Formal, General

Standards:

ESS2.A, ESS2.D, ESS3.D

Keywords:

ocean currents, density, energy cycle, salinity, ocean temperature, climate change, wind

Summary:

Ocean circulation plays a key role in distributing solar energy and maintaining climate, by moving heat from Earth's equator to the poles. Aquarius salinity data, combined with data from other sensors, will give us a clearer picture of how the ocean works