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After more than four years of drought, Californians may wonder where the current rain is coming from. Using satellites, NASA scientists have a unique view of the sources of precipitation, and how it reaches the western United States.
Rain is often... Read More
Posted On: Mon, 01/23/2017 - 3:23pm
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On October 2, 2016 at approximately 4:50 a.m. EST (0950 UTC), NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core observatory satellite flew over Hurricane Matthew. At that time, Matthew had maximum sustained winds of 150 mph making it a strong... Read More
Posted On: Wed, 10/05/2016 - 11:05am
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This visualization begins with an overview of the United States showing the clouds and rainfall accumulation of the massive rain event over Louisiana beginning on August 11th, 2016 through August 13th, 2016. The camera then begins to zoom in as time... Read More
Posted On: Thu, 09/29/2016 - 3:03pm
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The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before.
Monsoon rains provide important reservoirs of water that... Read More
Posted On: Thu, 06/23/2016 - 11:47am
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Precipitation (falling rain and snow) is our fresh water reservoir in the sky and is fundamental to life on Earth. A Global Tour of Precipitation from NASA shows how rain and snowfall moves around the world from the vantage of space using... Read More
Posted On: Mon, 05/23/2016 - 3:33pm
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Not all raindrops are created equal. The size of falling raindrops depends on several factors, including where the cloud producing the drops is located on the globe and where the drops originate in the cloud. For the first time, scientists have three-... Read More
Posted On: Thu, 03/31/2016 - 3:21pm
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NASA is finishing its campaign to study extreme rain, snow and winds of the Olympic National Forest. Scientists Walt Petersen of NASA Marshall and Robert Houze of the University of Washington narrate this inside look at the Olympic Mountain Experiment (... Read More
Posted On: Fri, 01/29/2016 - 5:03pm
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A series of winter storms brought more than 20 inches of rainfall to the Midwest and southeastern United States in December 2015. Massive flooding followed throughout both the regions. An animation of rainfall data from those storms was created at ... Read More
Posted On: Thu, 01/14/2016 - 4:55pm
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As we enter the new year, take a look back at the snowstorms, tropical storms, typhoons, hurricanes and floods captured and analyzed by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission from around the globe during 2015.
The complete list of... Read More
Posted On: Mon, 01/11/2016 - 5:27pm
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Joe Zagrodnik is a student at the University of Washington who is working with NASA scientists to measure the properties of rain and snow in the Olympic National Park.
From November 10 through December 21, NASA and university scientists are taking to... Read More
Posted On: Fri, 12/11/2015 - 1:43pm