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(Dr. Arthur Cho) GPM is an International Satellite Mission, that would set a new standard for precipitation
measurement from space.
Providing a new generation of observation of rain and snow.
In all parts of the world, every 3 hours.
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GPM data will advance our understanding of global water and energy cycle.
They will also be used in a host of societal applications that range from flood forecasting, landslide warning,
fresh water monitoring, crop prediction and all the way to the tracking water born diseases.
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(Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson) The GPM core has an active radar and a passive radiometer.
And these two instruments are just what a doctor might use in terms of an x-ray for the radiometer
and a CAT scan for the radar.
To diagnose what is happening in clouds and to understand what is happening with the precipitation.
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